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2. Deal with the Devil - Wikipedia

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   A deal with the Devil (also called a pact with the Devil, Faustian bargain, or Mephistophelian bargain) is a cultural motif exemplified by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many Christian traditions. According to traditional Christian belief about witchcraft, the pact is between a person and the ...

3. Deals with the Devil in popular culture - Wikipedia

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   Middle: The Virgin Mary makes the devil to return the second pact during an exorcism. The idea of making a deal with the devil has appeared many times in works of popular culture. These pacts with the Devil can be found in many genres, including: books, music, comics, theater, movies, TV shows and games.

4. Anal retentiveness - Wikipedia

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   Anal retentiveness is a personality trait that is characterised by excessive concern with trivial details. [1] The concept originated in Freudian psychoanalytic theory, where one aspect of the anal stage of psychosexual development is pleasure in the retention of faeces. Fixation in this stage can potentially result in a personality marked by ...

5. Self-destructive behavior - Wikipedia

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   Alcoholism is a form of self-destructive behavior. Self-destructive behavior is any behavior that is harmful or potentially harmful towards the person who engages in the behavior. Self-destructive behaviors are considered to be on a continuum, with one extreme end of the scale being suicide. [1] Self-destructive actions may be deliberate, born ...

6. Social support - Wikipedia

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   Social support. Social support is the perception and actuality that one is cared for, has assistance available from other people, and most popularly, that one is part of a supportive social network. These supportive resources can be emotional (e.g., nurturance), informational (e.g., advice), or companionship (e.g., sense of belonging); tangible ...

7. Manipulation (psychology) - Wikipedia

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   Manipulation (psychology) In psychology, manipulation is defined as subterfuge designed to influence or control another, usually in an underhanded manner which facilitates one's personal aims. [1] Methods used to distort the individual's perception of reality may include seduction, suggestion, and blackmail to induce submission.

8. Fictive kinship - Wikipedia

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   Fictive kinship is a term used by anthropologists and ethnographers to describe forms of kinship or social ties that are based on neither consanguineal (blood ties) nor affinal ("by marriage") ties. It contrasts with true kinship ties. To the extent that consanguineal and affinal kinship ties might be considered real or true kinship, the term ...

9. Freud's psychoanalytic theories - Wikipedia

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   Psychoanalysis was founded by Sigmund Freud. Freud believed that people could be cured by making their unconscious a conscious thought and motivations, and by that gaining "insight". The aim of psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, i.e. make the unconscious conscious.