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Apr 2022
56m 51s

The Unconscious

ELLIE ANDERSON, PH.D. AND DAVID PEñA-GUZMáN, PH.D.
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What do Freudian slips, Josie and the Pussycats, and solving math problems have in common? Psychoanalysis claims to have some answers! Sigmund Freud suggests that unconscious desires, fears, and trauma influence us without us being conscious of them. In pop culture, the unconscious is often depicted as the realm of dirty thoughts and subliminal messages, but ... Show More
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