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Title: Although Freud did generate broad-based theories, why might some theorists argue
Post by: colleen on Jun 5, 2012
Although Freud did generate broad-based theories, why might some theorists argue that he took anarrow view toward personality?


Title: Re: Although Freud did generate broad-based theories, why might some theorists argue
Post by: ThePsychic on Jun 7, 2012
Explain that many of Freud’s theories were based on case histories of individuals (that is, atypical samples) who were potentially nonrepresentative of the general population. Generalizing those theories to the rest of the humanity is thus questionable, and the theories possess limited external validity.