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association /as·so·ci·a·tion/ (ah-so″se-a´shun) 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, 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. free association Psychoanalysis Spontaneous, uncensored verbalization by a Pt of whatever comes to mind. See Word association test. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In 2000, in an online colloquy hosted by The Chronicle of Higher Education, David French, an attorney representing Christian Fellowship student groups at Tufts University and Middlebury College, stated that his defense of free association would extend to a Bob Jones-type group that forbade interracial dating. When city police started removing homeless people from the location, the church sued, arguing that the action violated the church's First Amendment rights to free association and the free exercise of religion. With his country's full support, Tokelau is preparing to hold a referendum on its draft constitution and a treaty of free association with New Zealand. |
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