In psychoanalysis, a Freudian slip, also called a parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory or physical action that occurs because of interference from an unconscious, subdued wish or an internal train of thought. The classic example is a slip of the tongue, but psychoanalytic theory also treats misreadings, mishearings, mistypings, temporary forgetting, and the mislaying or losing of objects as belonging to the same category of error.
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Core ClaimA Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought. 1 First Described Year Classification
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The concept and its name are drawn directly from Freud's psychoanalytic theory of unconscious motivation.
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1. Wikipedia: Freudian slip
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an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought
History, Origin and development
in his 1901 book The Psychopathology of Everyday Life, described and analyzed a large number of seemingly trivial, even bizarre, or nonsensical errors and slips
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In psychoanalysis, a Freudian slip, also called parapraxis, is an error in speech, memory, or physical action that occurs due to the interference of an unconscious subdued wish or internal train of thought.
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