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    When studying Sigmund Freud's approach, I found his concepts to be very intriguing. As I read through the chapter, I found Freud's concepts of anxiety and defense mechanisms to be most relevant. Freud described general anxiety as an objectless fear, meaning that we cannot point to its source, to a specific object that caused it. In other words, it is a feeling of fear and dread without an obvious cause. However, Freud also broke anxiety down into three different types of anxiety. The first was

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    superego is then able to conquer and show Henry the reality principles. Freud’s principles of reaction formation, displacement and sublimation are all revealed through this process. Reaction formation is illustrated through the Id. For example, leaving his wife when he finds her notes from Bruce. This is contrary to what he really believes he should do. Displacement and sublimation are introduced in the road to the superego. This applies to all of us in the sense that, we all get in situations where we have

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    Denying your physician's diagnosis of cancer Rationalization Coming up with a logical or rational reason as opposed to the real reason Stating that you were fired because you didn't kiss up to the boss, when the real reason is bad performance Sublimation Acting out unacceptable impulses in a socially acceptable way Sublimating your aggressive impulses toward a career as a boxer Becoming a surgeon because of your desire to

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    Matter is defined as anything that occupies space and can be perceived by one or more senses; a physical body, a physical substance, or the universe as a whole. There are four distinct states of matter: solids, liquids, gases, and plasma. There are other states of matter such as Bose-Einstein condensates and neutron degenerate matter, but those states can only be found under extreme conditions. These phases can go from one to another when affected by certain things, which is known as phase changes

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    those that occur only in the imaginations of the narrators. Right through both stories the narrators are trying to convince the reader they are sane. “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Yellow Wall Paper” both have a common theme of sublimation and repression. The sublimation is critical in each story, and could be argued to be the core of the story. In both stories the narrators are obsessed with something. In “Tell Tale Heart” the narrator is completely obsessed with the old man’s “evil” eye, and in

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    Synopsis 1984 by George Orwell takes place in London, which is in a totalitarian country called Oceania and is about a man named Winston Smith who is an irrelevant member of the ruling party, or the “Party.” He is very frustrated about the Party’s great oppression because it controls everything from language to the nation’s history. Thoughts against the country, or “thoughtcrimes”, are considered illegal, one of the worst crimes, and punishable by death. The Party forces people to refrain from using

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    Water resource is the most important part of our life. Almost everything cannot leave with water. From food to production, demand for water is growing. Water in different states constantly moves and nourish all. Thus, recognizing the water cycle is vital and necessary for development and Environmental Protection. Introduction Water cycle is also known as “hydrological cycle". It describes the continuous movement of water on, above, and below the surface of the Earth. Water is always changing states

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    temperature and pressure. Knowing how to break or melt ice requires tools and warmth. The transition from ice to water is melting and from ice directly to water vapor is sublimation. The term sublimation refers to a physical change of state. Ice breakers in a conversation is the warming of the conversation. Ice breakers is the sublimation tool to change the physical state of one’s outcome in a conversation. This sledgehammer that breaks open a conversation provides a good impression, creates a positive

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    Chemistry is the branch of science that deals with the identification of the substances of which matter is composed. Also the investigation of their properties and the ways in which they interact, combine and change. Matter is based on the physical and the chemical structure and matter is made up of atoms. There are three states of matter and they are solid, liquid, and gas. The properties of a solid, liquid, and gas all depend on how the particles are packed. There are three states of matter and

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    Sigmund Freud’s Adventure Have you ever heard of Sigmund Freud? If not then, he is the one who is well known as the father of Psychoanalysis. Freud was one of the modern-day psychologist, he prepared a technique for understanding the human behavior, and the effort resulted a complete theory of personality and psychotherapy ever developed. Freud is the firstborn in his family of three boys and five girls. He was born in Freiberg, a rural town near Ostrau in northwestern Moravia. Freud had many interests

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