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- Repression is the general term that is used to describe the tendency to inhibit the experience and the expression of negative feelings or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened (‘repressive coping style’).
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Over a century ago, Freud proposed that memories can be forgotten by pushing them into the unconscious, a process called repression. The existence of repression has remained controversial for more than a century, in part because of its strong coupling with trauma and...
- Repression (Defense Mechanism)
Repression is a defense mechanism whereby...
- Repression (Defense Mechanism)
Repression is the general term that is used to describe the tendency to inhibit the experience and the expression of negative feelings or unpleasant cognitions in order to prevent one’s positive self-image from being threatened (‘repressive coping style’).
Jan 1, 2020 · Repression is a defense mechanism whereby unpleasure-provoking mental processes, such as morally disagreeable impulses and painful memories, are actively prevented from entering conscious awareness.
- Simon Boag
- simon.boag@mq.edu.au
Cognitive neuroscience studies on repression have established two main experimental paradigms which aim at investigating repression in normal healthy subjects, the “Directed forgetting” and the “Think/No-Think” paradigm (Johnson, 1994; Anderson and Green, 2001; Erdelyi, 2006).
Here we argue that the conceptual and methodological tools now exist for a rigorous scientific examination of repression, and that a nascent cognitive neuroscience of repression is emerging. We review progress in this area and highlight important questions for this field to address.
Jan 1, 2006 · Over a century ago, Freud proposed that memories can be forgotten by pushing them into the unconscious, a process called repression. The existence of repression has remained...
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Aug 18, 2020 · In this paper, I have carefully reviewed Freud’s concept of repression, breaking down my discussion into three sections: (1) basic features of repression, (2) four binaries in the concept of repression, and (3) repression and various neurotic disorders.
