The Term 'free association' was coined by
Contributor: Freud, Sigmund (1856-1939) Coined the Term: Free association, Psychoanalysis, Psychodynamics, Oedipus complex, Electra complex, Penis envy, Primal scene, Ego defence mechanisms, Repression, Psychological determinism, Pleasure principle, Reality principle Special Mention: Founder of psychoanalysis; some of the significant contributions include interpretation of dreams, theory of infantile sexuality, structural and topographical model of mind, theory of instincts, psychopathology of everyday life and stages of psychosexual development Ref: A Sho Textbook of Psychiatry, Niraj Ahuja, 7th Edition, pg. no.243
Sigmund Freud
Alfred Adler
Eric Erikson
Carl Jung
Cognitive development and defence mechanism