Freud and his contemporaries viewed conversion symptoms as the result of:. A) the displacement of unconscious anxiety onto a neutral or symbolic object.
B) the id trying to surpass the functioning of the ego and super ego.
C) the transfer of psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms
D) the unconscious state of mind attempting to control the conscious state of mind.

Freud and his contemporaries viewed conversion symptoms as the result of:

C. the transfer of psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms.

Explanation:

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the father of psychoanalysis.

According to Freud and other specialists, conversion symptoms are physical symptoms unrelated to any diseases. For example, someone seems to have lost the ability to use his right hand. After undergoing examination and tests, nothing wrong is found, at least physically speaking. Freud believed that that symptom was indicative of repressed feelings or memories, as if the body were manifesting something trapped in that person's unconscious mind.

the psychic energy attached to repressed emotions or memories to physical symptoms

Explanation:

Disorder which include blindness, numbness, paralysis and other symptoms related TK the nervous system which when subjected to diagnosis doesn't give a clue of being caused a certain medical defect or ailment are referred to as conversion symptoms. These symptoms according to Sigmund Freud and other contemporary psychoanalytic researchers. Freud hypothesized that these mental conditions which are unexplainable using medicine are a function of unconscious conflict triggered when suppressed feelings, emotions or memories starts to manifests on the physical.

question - in 1827, john walker, a druggist in a small english town, tipped a splint with sulphur, chlorate of potash, and sulphid of antimony, and rubbed it on sandpaper, and it burst into flame. the druggist had discovered the first friction-chemical match, the kind we use to-day. it is called friction-chemical because it is made by mixing certain chemicals together and rubbing them. although walker's match did not require the bottle of acid, nevertheless it was not a good one. it could be lighted only by hard rubbing, and it sputtered and threw fire in all directions. in a few years, however, phosphorus was substituted on the tip for antimony, and the change worked wonders. the match could now be lighted with very little rubbing, and it was no longer necessary to have sandpaper upon which to rub it. it would ignite when rubbed on any dry surface, and there was no longer any sputtering. this was the phosphorus match, the match with which we are so familiar. according the paragraph what was the benefit of the new phosphorus match? it burst into flame when rubbed on sandpaper. it was made by mixing chemicals. it could be ignited on any dry surface. it threw fire in all directions.

answer - matches required natural chemicals

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