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Psychology
Psychology
PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES
STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY
ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
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ANXIETY & DEFENSE MECHANISMS
PSYCHOANALYSIS =
the single most influential school of
thought of the XX century
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND THE ARTS
A man. A woman. A knife. An eye. A moon. A cloud. The man slices open the
woman's eye as a cloud slices across the moon.
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PSYCHOANALYSIS AND LITERATURE
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Freud’s view of the human psyche as ridden by
unconscious and uncontrollable forces of sexual
origin.
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MAJOR INFLUENCES ON FREUD’S
THINKING:
3 historical phenomena
2 relationships
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ROMANTICISM
Celebration of the emotional and irrational aspects of human
nature
Delacroix (1798-1863) 9
RATIONALISM & EMPIRICISM
Providing a scientific account for all phenomena
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WW1
Self-destruction as part of human nature
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CHARCOT (1825-1893)
Hypnosis as a research method and therapeutic tool
•CONFLICT
•UNCONSCIOUS
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PSYCHOLOGICAL DETERMINISM
There is not such thing as random behavior; all our acts are
determined by internal forces (wishes, fears) related to two
basic instincts
MENTAL ENERGY
Biological need Increase in Psychological need Socially acceptable
(e.g., sex) tension/arousal -INSTINCT- expression
(e.g., sexual dream)
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CONFLICT
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TOPOGRAPHIC MODEL OF THE MIND
UNCONSCIOUS
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FREUD’S PSYCHOSEXUAL STAGES
Personality development is very much influenced
by sexual development
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STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY
ID EGO SUPEREGO
Different personalities result from the different interactions among these structures
(which compete with each other for the psych energy available). 20
Question for the class:
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Ego: guided by reality, postpones but
does not prohibit (is pragmatic, rational)
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TOPOGRAPHIC MODEL OF THE MIND
TOPOGRAPHICAL MODEL OF THE MIND
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ANXIETY & DEFENSE MECHANISMS
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EGO’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS
‘it’= ANXIETY PROVOKING, UNACCEPTABLE THOUGHT OR IMPULSE
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EGO’S DEFENSE MECHANISMS
‘it’= ANXIETY PROVOKING, UNACCEPTABLE THOUGHT OR IMPULSE
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CLASSIFICATION OF DEFENSE
MECHANISMS
•Hysteria grouping
•Obsessive grouping
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