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Reaction formation and Sigmund Freud

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Difference between Reaction formation and Sigmund Freud

Reaction formation vs. Sigmund Freud

In psychoanalytic theory, reaction formation (Reaktionsbildung) is a defense mechanism in which emotions and impulses which are anxiety-producing or perceived to be unacceptable are mastered by exaggeration of the directly opposing tendency. Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

Similarities between Reaction formation and Sigmund Freud

Reaction formation and Sigmund Freud have 4 things in common (in Unionpedia): Defence mechanisms, Displacement (psychology), Psychoanalytic theory, Repression (psychology).

Defence mechanisms

A defence mechanism is an unconscious psychological mechanism that reduces anxiety arising from unacceptable or potentially harmful stimuli.

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Displacement (psychology)

In Freudian psychology, displacement (Verschiebung, "shift, move") is an unconscious defence mechanism whereby the mind substitutes either a new aim or a new object for goals felt in their original form to be dangerous or unacceptable.

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Psychoanalytic theory

Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology.

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Repression (psychology)

Repression is the psychological attempt to direct one's own desires and impulses toward pleasurable instincts by excluding them from one's consciousness and holding or subduing them in the unconscious.

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Reaction formation and Sigmund Freud Comparison

Reaction formation has 15 relations, while Sigmund Freud has 441. As they have in common 4, the Jaccard index is 0.88% = 4 / (15 + 441).

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