Which of the following is not true?
A) symptoms express conscious conflict between drive and anxiety.
B) regression occurs under stress.
C) psychopathology involves the effort to gratify fixated instincts.
D) the phallic stage has different implications for men and women.

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The statement that symptoms express conscious conflict between drive and anxiety is not true according to psychoanalytic theory. Symptoms are more accurately understood as expressions of unconscious conflicts between drives (such as sexual or aggressive impulses) and defenses against those drives, rather than conscious conflicts.

Which of the Following Is Not True