Free association is the quintessential therapeutic method of psychoanalysis. Freud invented it in place of hypnotism in the treatment of neuroses. She began to use it in the treatment of Elizabeth Von R. who asked Freud to let her associate freely, without pressuring the search for a specific memory.
In free association the patient is told to say whatever comes to his mind, no longer giving any conscious guidance to his thoughts. It is essential that the patient obliges himself to report absolutely everything that occurs to his self-perception, leaving no room for critical objections seeking to set aside certain associations on the grounds that they are irrelevant or entirely meaningless.
A writer preparing an electrician's manual is considering inserting company-designed danger symbols to denote the potential for electrocution. In deciding whether to do so, what should the writer's primary concern be?Liability law.
