Defense Mechanisms

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Essay Number 1

Essay Number 1
Focus: Historical and Cultural Context
At this stage of the Option, you are not ready to answer a typical question from this section which might go something like “Describe the historical and cultural context of the development of the psychodynamic perspective.”
Instead I would like you to write 350 – 400 words on the following:
Describe salient (most important) features of the historical and cultural context in which Freud developed his psychoanalytical theories.
Due Tuesday 13 September.