Anthropomorphic

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Anthropomorphic thinking is the tendency to visualize inanimate concepts and objects in living terms.

An example could be that after dropping your fork or spoon while at the dinner table and requesting a clean utensil while jokingly stating that your first utensil "jumped" off the table. Anthropomorphic thinking is commonplace when we attribute human feelings and thought patterns to animals, such as thinking your dog looks guilty when it has done something bad.

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Question: Heather does not like her father. During psychoanalysis, Heather projects the negative feelings she has toward her father onto the therapist. Heather does this because it is easier to express anger she feels toward her father at her therapist, and easier to work through her hostile feelings toward her father by way of the therapist. This is known as:


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