Psychoanalysis

Theory
Discipline and Ideas in the Social Sciences
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Situation
Analysis
 STEALING
Would you steal?
 OVER-EATING

Would you over-eat?

PSYCHOANALYSIS
 Definition

Aims to understand
human behavior by
making the unconscious
conscious
 History

Originated from Sigmund

Freud (Froyd).
 History

He was heavily influenced

by Josef Breuer. He
developed the “Talk
Cure” to a patient
anonymously named
“Anna O.”
 History

Breur and Freud co-

authored the book
entitled Studies of
Hysteria. This was said to
be the book which laid the
foundation to the theory.
 History

Sigmund Freud had two

protégés that also further
develop his theory of
psychoanalysis.
 History

The first protégé

developed the Dream
Analysis method. His
name is Carl Jung.
 History

The second protégé

developed the Inferiority
Complex and Individual
Context method for
psychoanalysis. His name
is Alfred Adler.
 Why Critical?

It liberates the individual

from the unconscious by
analyzing the sources of
domination which are
hidden to a person.
Structural
Model of
Personality
 Endopsychic
Conflict

The ID, Ego, and

Superego are always at
conflict with one another.
 Endopsychic
Conflict

ID vs SUPEREGO and
EGO

ID says, “I want to steal.”

 Endopsychic
Conflict

ID vs SUPEREGO and
EGO

ID says, “I want to steal.”

 Endopsychic
Conflict

ID vs SUPEREGO

Superego says, “You

should not steal because
its wrong.”
 Endopsychic
Conflict

ID vs EGO

Ego says, “You will go to

jail if you do it.”
Techniques in
Psychoanalysis
 Free Association

Encourages the patient to

discuss whatever comes
to his/her mind to release
suppressed emotions.
 Dream Analysis

Analyze elements of
dreams which contained
symbolic meanings.
 Clarification,
Confrontation
and
Interpretation
Feedback procedures to
help the patient become
aware of what is
occurring and need of
further analysis.
Psychosexual
Theory
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 Definition

A developmental theory
developed by Sigmund
Freud.
 Definition

He emphasizes that the

libido can be (or is)
fixated on a different area
of our body.
 Frustration

The need of the individual

may not have been met.
 Overindulgence

The need may have been

so well satisfied. So not
satisfied that the child is
reluctant to progress
beyond the stage.
 Fixation

Both the frustration and

overindulgence result to
fixation.
 Fixation

A portion of the
individual’s libido has
been permanently
invested in the particular
stage of development.
Strengths
of the
Theory
 STRENGTH

The use of case study in

Psychology.
 STRENGTH

Importance of childhood
in personality
development.
 STRENGTH

Provides the foundation

for new psychotherapy
techniques.
Weaknesses
of the
Theory
 WEAKNESSES

The theory is very

subjective
 WEAKNESSES

Downplays the role of

sociocultural forces in
human functioning.