Early in his career, Freud believed that some people overreacted to mildly traumatic events in adult life because of

A) a failure to understand their own style of life.
B) impaired attention processes.
C) symbolism contained in their collective unconscious.
D) early childhood sexual events.

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Final Answer : D, Explanation :  Early in his career, Freud believed in the theory of seduction, which stated that neurotic symptoms in adulthood were caused by repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse. He later revised his theory and developed the idea of the Oedipus complex as a way to explain neurotic symptoms caused by early childhood sexual fantasies, rather than actual events. Therefore, early childhood sexual events were believed by Freud to be the cause of overreactions to mildly traumatic events in adulthood.

Early in his career, Freud believed that some people overreacted to mildly traumatic events in adult life because of

A) a failure to understand their own style of life.
B) impaired attention processes.
C) symbolism contained in their collective unconscious.
D) early childhood sexual events.

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Early in his career, Freud believed that some people overreacted to mildly traumatic events in adult life because ofA) a failure to understand their own style of life.B) impaired attention processes.C) symbolism contained in their collective unconscious.D) early childhood sexual events.

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Early in his career, Freud believed that some people overreacted to mildly traumatic events in adult life because of

A) a failure to understand their own style of life.
B) impaired attention processes.
C) symbolism contained in their collective unconscious.
D) early childhood sexual events.