This article guides you about how repression protects from anxiety. The act of birth and the separation of the child from the mother have been strongly emphasised by Rank (1932) in the development, of frustration. The central feature of Rank's doctrine is that the act of birth is an individual's first experience of anxiety. The trauma of birth, the pangs [...]
After reading this article you will learn about projection, regression and fixation and their measurement. When an individual attributes some of his qualities unaccepted by the ego to another person, it becomes a matter of projection. Projection was first experimentally studied by Sears (1936). He secured self character trait ratings from 100 college students the traits being stinginess, obstinacy, bashfulness, [...]
After reading this article you will learn about:- 1. Concept of Repression 2. Operation of Repression 3. Types 4. Advantages and Disadvantages 5. Measurement. Contents: Concept of Repression Operation of Repression Types of Repression Advantages and Disadvantages of Repression Measurement of Repression 1. Concept of Repression: Repression is the key concept of psychoanalysis and it is closely connected with the [...]
