People resisted psychoanalysis because of the suggestion that people are not masters of their own minds and because of Freud's proposal that behavior is influenced by how people cope with
A) unconscious motivation.
B) sexual urges.
C) heredity.
D) stimulus-response associations.

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Psychoanalysis suggests that people's behavior is influenced by unconscious motivations that they may not be aware of, which challenges the belief that people are fully in control of their own minds. This idea was difficult for many people to accept and caused resistance to psychoanalysis. Freud's proposal that sexual urges played a significant role in behavior also contributed to resistance.

People Resisted Psychoanalysis Because of the Suggestion That People Are