During a session of psychoanalysis, Robbie lays back on the sofa in the treatment office and closes his eyes. He is encouraged to speak freely about anything that comes to his mind, and is urged to avoid censoring or hiding anything that he's thinking about. Robbie is engaged in a technique called __________.

a.

analysis of transference

b.

catharsis

c.

free association

d.

dream interpretation

Maria has unwanted, distressing__________thoughts about her cat, so she clenches her fists five times in a row in a ritual__________to make the thoughts go away for a while.

a.

excoriation, dance

b.

psychotic, cleansing

c.

obsessive, compulsion

d.

dysmorphic, exercise