Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Medical Model, Trepanning, Oedipus Complex
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Evidence for freud: unconscious processing, semantic priming theory, repression, memory lapses during therapy. Evidence against freud: dreams, thirsty subjects awoken during rem do not dream of drinking, anthropological evidence, oedipus complex not universal, e. g. trobriand islanders. Why freud is important: notion of internal unconscious conflict, we do not completely know ourselves, scope of theory, theory of humanity that covers biology, art, humor, the family . The self: organized, consistent set of belief and perceptions. Deny or ignore: problems in living. Need for positive regard: unconditional positive regard from parents (and self) High self esteem related to positive social life and happiness. Difficult to define or predict what will be a self actualizing tendency becomes equal to behaviour. Trait perspective: eysenk, cattel, big five. Mental illness not always considered mental or illness . Pythagoras suggests a disease of the mind. Followed by a couple hundred years of with hunts, jail, extra