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Ambivalence : Freud (group psychology and the ego ) DICTIONARY PIVOTAL

TERM DEFINITIONS Ambivalence : a phenomenon , according to Sigmund Freud , experienced by a large number of individuals involving the experience of two incompatible tendencies . Freud uses this phenomenon , most often , to describe how an individual 's emotions conflict with his or her behavior . Although a conflict of emotion and behavior is happening in the individual , he or she is not aware of it . This is because only one of the two opposing sides is chosen . If emotion is chosen , behavior is suppressed and vice versa . The ambivalence experienced by an individual is understood better when one considers the dynamics present in a social group and compare this to the individual 's experience of contradicting inclinations . Freud (1951 ) describes a social group as being impulsive and changeable in nature . It is led entirely by the unconscious , that which is not within an individual 's awareness . A group 's actions and inclinations are always self-centered . This means that an individual existing in a group is not able to recognize his or her own personal wants or needs . Freud goes so far as to say that even the need for self-preservation can not exist when one is completely immersed in group mentality . Thus it is only natural that ambivalent feelings exist in group processes . Contradictory ideas exist side by side without tension arising from the most evident opposition between them . This coexistence is identical to the unconscious mental life of each solitary individual , of children , and of neurotics (Freud , 1951 ) An individual , therefore , experiences ambivalence in much the same way a group experiences it . It is not a conscious process but rather one that seems as natural as when an individual goes to church with family even though he or she doesn 't particularly feel religious . An individual experiences two different impulses but is not aware of it because the unconscious has already taken control . One of the two impulses is suppressed allowing the person to act in accordance with the unsuppressed impulse . It is in this manner , says Freud , that two contradicting ideas in an individual are able to coexist without conflict despite the contradiction already present . Suppressed impulses are most often projected onto a different entity . Projecction serves a cathartic effect as it releases the pent up emotions of the individual . However , it also stresses the severity of the inhibitions placed upon that person . These inhibitions are rules the individual has had to follow in to choose which of the two impulses to suppress . For example , a person...

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