Question

Asa is buying a gift for his mother, an overbearing woman who is difficult to please. When a

Answer 1

Answer: C. Freudian slip

Explanation:

A Freudian slip happens when somebody says one thing when they intended to say something else. This is named after Freud, the famous psychoanalyst who lay the foundation of introspection and the "talking cure".

Often, words are closely linked to each other. "Smother" is close to "mother", it just has one extra letter. However, "smother" describes her mother very well. Her subconscious chose the word to describe this trait.

The archetype is a cultural, collective symbol, the collective unconscious is the set of unconscious cultural norms ingrained in a population and a repressed memory is a memory (usually traumatic) that a person is trying to forget, but which cannot go without leaving traces.