Facts about Psychology
Sigmund Freud did not invent the concept of the unconsciousness, he created a way of studying it.
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Chronic colestites is actually a form of total insomnia.
This happens when a person can live without definable sleep for years, even decades. |
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The multiple personality disorder is actually a dissociative disorder, and not a type of schizophrenia.
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Psychopaths and psychotics are people with completely different symptoms.
Psychopaths are people who are usually aggressive, lack empathy, and disregard other people. |
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Mood disorders can also be psychotic disorders.
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Mental illness is not a recently developed or discovered phenomenon.
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Chronic insomnia is when a person is unable to sleep for a period of about a month, not their whole life.
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Neurosis does not affect our perception of reality or our rational thought.
Neurosis is a disorder with symptoms like irritation, depression, and obsessive thoughts. |
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Freud's ego, id, and super-ego do not replace the conscience, subconscience, and unconscience.
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Neurosis is no longer a category in the American DSM-III
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The Oedipus complex only refers to males. The correct name for a similar complex in females is the Electra complex.
This complex is when a child feels jelous of the parent of the same sex because of their intimacy with the parent of the opposite sex. |
Depression is not a normal stage everybody goes through when aging.
Depression is not normal and needs to be treated with medication or psychotherapy. |
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Autistism refers to a very wide range of people and symptoms. They are not all the same.
Autism generally refers to one characteristic- unusual difficulty with social communication. |
If a parent is happier after a divorce it does not mean that the children are as well.
After a divorce children usually become more aggressive and depressed, even if the parents feel better. |
