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Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Personality > Personality Development > Identification, Psychological
Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms > Defense Mechanisms > Identification, Psychological

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Identification, Psychological  

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  • Identification (Psychology)
  • Identification, Psychology
  • Identifications (Psychology)
  • Identifications, Psychology
  • Psychology Identification
  • Psychology Identifications

Scope note

  • A process by which an individual unconsciously endeavors to pattern himself after another. This process is also important in the development of the personality, particularly the superego or conscience, which is modeled largely on the behavior of adult significant others.

History note

  • 2020 (1968); was IDENTIFICATION (PSYCHOLOGY) 1968-2019; use DEFENSE MECHANISMS 1963-1967

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D007062

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