Identification (Psychology)
| Medical Definition: |
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. |
| Guide Notes: |
no qualif; DF: IDENTIFICATION |
| Previously Indexed: |
Defense Mechanisms (1966-1967),Personality (1966-1967) |
Identification (Psychology) Categories.
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Gender Identity - A person's concept of self as being male and masculine or female and feminine, or ambivalent, based in part on physical characteristics, parental responses, and psychological and social pressures. It is the internal experience of gender role. |
Identification (Psychology) Medical Definitions and Terms
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