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Which of the following is a common criticism of Freud’s personality theory?
(A) Freud’s research was based mainly on students in his classes and wasn’t representative.
(B) The theory was focused on the psychologically healthy and did not apply well to people with psychological disorders.
(C) Personality is too complex to be studied using the scientific experiments Freud used.
(D) Genetics theory was not advanced enough in Freud’s time to be used as he tried to.
(E) The evidence for Freud’s method was based only on his therapy sessions and was not tested scientifically.
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(E) The evidence for Freud’s method was based only on his therapy sessions and was not tested scientifically.
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Freud’s theory was built on case studies from his psychoanalytic practice and was not tested empirically. In fact, his claims about the unconscious could not be tested experimentally because the unconscious by definition is not accessible to conscious investigation.
Posted : 05/07/2024 6:32 am