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Briefly outline Sigmund Freud's basic concepts with one or two sentences each. Please use the following concepts: endopsychic conflicts, defense mechanism, the conscious continuum, and the psychosexual stages of development.

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This solution provides a discussion regarding Freud's concepts of endopychic conflicts. Those discussed include defense mechanisms, the conscious continuum, and the psychosexual stages of development including a brief outline on each. The explanation is given in 210 words with 1 reference.

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Problem: Briefly outline Sigmund Freud's basic concepts with one or two sentences each. Please use the following concepts: endopsychic conflicts, defense mechanism, the conscious continuum, and the psychosexual stages of development.

Solution: Endopsychic conflicts - This concept believes conflict is created when "the opposition of a cathexis by an anti-cathexis" (Chalquist, 2013, para 1) happens. For example, when there is a situation where there is a desire to ...

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