... , which otherwise arrests the emotional development during childhood or adolescent level. In short, the psychoanalytic perspective holds that about the best we can hope for is a compromise among our warring inclination, from which we will realize as much instinctual gratification as possible with minimal punishment and guilt. It thus presents a pessimistic and deterministic view of human behavior that minimizes rationality and ... ...

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