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Glossary
These terms are defined according to the meaning ascribed to them
in this book.
Abreaction. Expression of a repressed emotion. This release of un-
integrated affect is synonymous with catharsis.
Acting-out. Performance, usually under stress, of behavior learned
from another situation. Expression of repressed impulses, the
manifest behavior often symbolic of earlier stages in develop-
ment.
Affect. A synonym for feeling or emotion that expresses an emo-
tional state or reaction.
Ambiguity. Lack of clarity. Possibility that an event or feeling can
evoke more than one response.
Ambivalence. Uncertainty. Being attracted to and repelled by mu-
tually exclusive points simultaneously.
Androgyny. Having psychological characteristics or qualities of
both sexes.
Anxiety. Feeling of dread and apprehension, sometimes without a
specific or realistic cause.
Association. Recurring relationship between psychological phe-
nomena based on prior learning.

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