Successful Couples Often Develop

question 76

Multiple Choice

Successful couples often develop:

• A) nurturing instincts.
• B) a secret language.
• C) privatized marriages.
• D) submerged personalities.

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Definitions:

Primary Process

A mode of thinking primarily associated with the unconscious and characterized by the free and associative flow of thoughts and impulses.

Rational

Pertains to the quality of being based on or in accordance with reason or logic; thinking and acting sensibly and logically.

Fixation

An obsessive focus or attachment to a person, concept, or object, often hindering emotional and psychological development.

Phallic Stage

A phase in Freudian psychosexual development occurring between the ages of three and six, where the child's libido is focused on the genital area.