Perls's ideas about conflicting personality elements owe much to __________.

A) drive-reduction theory
B) behavior therapy
C) operant conditioning procedures
D) psychodynamic theory

Psychodynamic Theory

Sigmund Freud’s perspective, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as forces that determine behavior.

Conflicting Personality

A situation or condition where an individual's traits or behaviors are at odds, leading to internal tension or inconsistency.

Drive-Reduction Theory

The view that organisms learn to engage in behaviors that have the effect of reducing drives.