Question

Jack cannot consciously recall how frequently he criticizes his children because it would cause him too much anxiety. Sigmund Freud would have suggested that his poor memory illustrates:

Answer 1

Repression

Explanation:

Psychoanalysis is method of therapy. It is usually done in order for individuals to release emotions that has been piled-up so as the individuals can heal.

Sigmund Freud was the founder of psychoanalysis and he has various concept to describe it. Hebgave a model of the human mind to be in 3 dtage which are preconscious, conscious and unconscious. Due to the fact that the three part of the heart is always in conflict with one another, individuals uses different defense mechanism to handle their everyday conflict/state of the human mind. One of the defense mechanism is Repression.

Repression is the process by which an individual pushes out or remove disturbing emotions/thoughts, lingering or threatening thought out of their conscious state of mind. By not consciously recalling how frequently he criticizes his children, Jack was able to repress these disturbing emotions.