Freudian slip

in the popular understanding of psychoanalytic theory, an unconscious error or oversight in writing, speech, or action that is held to be caused by unacceptable impulses breaking through the ego’s defenses and exposing the individual’s true wishes or feelings. See parapraxis; slip of the tongue; symptomatic act. [Sigmund Freud]

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Psychology term of the day

May 4th 2024

PA

1. abbreviation for physician assistant.

2. abbreviation for Positive Affect within the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule.