association /as·so·ci·a·tion/ (ah-so″se-a´shun)
free association,
association [ah-so″se-a´shun]
free association
1. a state in which two attributes occur together either more or less often than expected by chance.
2. a term applied to those regions of the brain that link the primary motor and sensory cortices; see association areas, under area.
3. the occurrence together of two or more phenotypic characteristics more often than would be expected by chance.
4. a connection between ideas or feelings, especially between conscious thoughts and elements of the unconscious, or the formation of such a connection.
CHARGE association a syndrome of associated defects including c oloboma of the eye, h eart anomaly, choanal a tresia, r etardation, and g enital and e ar anomalies, and often including facial palsy, cleft palate, and dysphagia.
free association verbal expression of one's ideas as they arrive spontaneously; a method used in psychoanalysis.
free association (fr )n. A psychoanalytic technique in which a patient verbalizes the passing contents of his or her mind without reservation. The verbalized conflicts that emerge constitute resistances that are the basis of the psychoanalyst's interpretations. |
free association,
1 spontaneous, consciously unrestricted association of ideas, feelings, or mental images.
2 spontaneous verbalization of thoughts and emotions that enter the consciousness during psychoanalysis. It is the basis of classical freudian analysis and also of jungian type analysis.
association [ah-so″se-a´shun]
1. a state in which two attributes occur together either more or less often than expected by chance.
2. in neurology, a term applied to those regions of the brain (association areas) that link the primary motor and sensory areas.
3. in genetics, the occurrence together of two or more phenotypic characteristics more often than would be expected by chance. To be distinguished from linkage (q.v.).
4. in psychiatry, a connection between ideas or feelings, especially between conscious thoughts and elements of the unconscious, or the formation of such a connection.
clang association see clanging.
free association in psychoanalysis, verbal expression by the patient of ideas as they arrive spontaneously, without censoring or withholding anything, no matter how distressing, embarrassing, trivial, or irrelevant it may seem. The analyst forms tentative explanations of the patient's associations and experiences but withholds them until they are validated by more material and until the patient is in a receptive frame of mind.
association test one based on associative reaction, usually by mentioning words to a patient and noting what other words he or she gives as the ones called to mind; see association (def. 4).
free association
Psychoanalysis Spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by a Pt of whatever comes to mind. See Word association test.
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