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free association
free associationn.1. A spontaneous, logically unconstrained and undirected association of ideas, emotions, and feelings.2. A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's articulation of free associations is encouraged in order to reveal unconscious thoughts and emotions, such as traumatic experiences that have been repressed.free association n 1. (Psychoanalysis) psychoanal a method of exploring a person's unconscious by eliciting words and thoughts that are associated with key words provided by a psychoanalyst 2. a spontaneous mental process whereby ideas, words, or images suggest other ideas, etc, in a nonlogical chain reaction free′ associa′tion
n. 1. Psychoanal. the uncensored expression of the ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of an analysand. 2. any process in which one idea, word, etc., suggests or elicits the next without following any logical order or conscious direction. [1895–1900] free′-asso′ciate, v.i. -at•ed, -at•ing. free associationPsychoanalysis. the unhampered and uncensored expression of ideas, impressions, etc., passing through the mind of the patiënt, used to permit access to the processes of the unconscious.See also: Thinkingfree associationIn this method, sometimes used in psychoanalysis, subjects are encouraged to let their thoughts wander, the final chain of associations often providing clues to the underlying disturbance.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | free association - a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequencecerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought - the process of using your mind to consider something carefully; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
free association
free association: see associationassociation,
in psychology, a connection between different sensations, feelings, or ideas by virtue of their previous occurrence together in experience. The concept of association entered contemporary psychology through the empiricist philosophers John Locke, George Berkeley,
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name given by Sigmund Freud to a system of interpretation and therapeutic treatment of psychological disorders. Psychoanalysis began after Freud studied (1885–86) with the French neurologist J. M.
..... Click the link for more information. .free association[¦frē ə‚sō·sē′ā·shən] (psychology) Spontaneous, consciously unrestricted association of ideas or mental images. A method used in psychoanalysis to gain an understanding of the organization of the content of the mind. free association
association [ah-so″se-a´shun] 1. a state in which two attributes occur together either more or less often than expected by chance.2. in neurology, a term applied to those regions of the brain (areas" >association areas) that link the primary motor and sensory areas.3. in genetics, the occurrence together of two or more phenotypic characteristics more often than would be expected by chance. To be distinguished from linkage (q.v.).4. in psychiatry, a connection between ideas or feelings, especially between conscious thoughts and elements of the unconscious, or the formation of such a connection.clang association see clanging.free association in psychoanalysis, verbal expression by the patient of ideas as they arrive spontaneously, without censoring or withholding anything, no matter how distressing, embarrassing, trivial, or irrelevant it may seem. The analyst forms tentative explanations of the patient's associations and experiences but withholds them until they are validated by more material and until the patient is in a receptive frame of mind.association test one based on associative reaction, usually by mentioning words to a patient and noting what other words he or she gives as the ones called to mind; see association" >association (def. 4).free as·so·ci·a·tionan investigative psychoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without reservation or censor, the passing contents of his or her mind; the verbalized conflicts that emerge constitute resistances that are the basis of the psychoanalyst's interpretations.free associationn.1. A spontaneous, logically unconstrained and undirected association of ideas, emotions, and feelings.2. A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient's articulation of free associations is encouraged in order to reveal unconscious thoughts and emotions, such as traumatic experiences that have been repressed.free association Psychoanalysis Spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by a Pt of whatever comes to mind. See Word association test. free as·so·ci·a·tion (frē ă-sō'sē-ā'shŭn) An investigative psychoanalytic technique in which the patient verbalizes, without reservation or censorship, the passing contents of his or her mind; the conflicts verbalized are the basis of the psychoanalyst's interpretations. free association A method used in psychoanalysis to derive data from the unconscious content of the mind. The subject articulates his or her spontaneous, and deliberately unrestricted, association of mental images.LegalSeeassociationFinancialSeeAssociationfree association
Words related to free associationnoun a thought process in which ideas (words or images) suggest other ideas in a sequenceRelated Words- cerebration
- intellection
- mentation
- thinking
- thought process
- thought
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