After your traumatic breakup with your girlfriend, you are having trouble remembering her phone number, her birthday, and other bits of information concerning your two-year relationship.A friend tells you that you are experiencing repression and these bits of information have been pushed into your unconscious mind.Your friend is interpreting your situation based on the theories of
A)Max Wertheimer.
B)Sigmund Freud.
C)Abraham Maslow.
D)Carl Rogers.

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The friend's interpretation of repression and unconscious mind indicates an understanding of Freudian psychoanalytic theory, which focuses on the influences of unconscious thoughts and repressed memories on behavior and personality. Wertheimer is associated with Gestalt psychology, Maslow with humanistic psychology, and Rogers with the client-centered approach to therapy, none of which directly address repression or the unconscious mind in the same way as Freud.

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