Define these words for me......?

Question

Overt

Covert

Fuctualism

Stalt Psychology

Eros

Libido

Thanotos

Archival Research

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Answer 1

Overt:

1.  Open and observable; not hidden, concealed, or secret: overt hostility; overt intelligence gathering.

2. Of, relating to, or being military or intelligence operations sanctioned or mandated by Congress: overt aid to the rebels.

Covet:

1. To envy; to desire

Factualism:

1. Devotion or adherence to fact.

Stalt Psychology:

A physical, biological, psychological, or symbolic configuration or pattern of elements so unified as a whole that its properties cannot be derived from a simple summation of its parts.

Eros:

1. (Greek Mythology) God of love, son of Aphrodite

2.

a. (Psychiatry) Sexual drive; libido.

b. The sum of all instincts for self-preservation.

Libido:

1. Sexual drive; sexual desire; want to have s*x

Thanotos:

1. A primitive impulse for destruction, decay, and death, manifested by a turning away from pleasure, postulated by Sigmund Freud as coexisting with and opposing the life instinct.

Archival Research:

1. Research used with archives - a collection of historical records.

Answer 2

Overt - open to the point of view of others

Covert - secretive

Fuctualism - (Factualism) - relying on facts

Stalt Psychology - ? isn't it stilt psychology

Eros - Cupid  (symbol of love in Romans)

Libido - sexual drive

Thanotos -(thanatos) pertaining to death in ancient time

Archival Research - any documents, records being kept but researchable

Answer 3

Please double-check the words you want us to define.  

Fuctualism?  Do you mean functionalism?

Stalt Psychology?  Do you mean Gestalt psychology?

Overt means open

Covert means hidden

Eros is the Greek god of love

Libido is sexual drive or emotional energy

Thanatos is death instinct

Archival Research is research into past files