PSYC 2130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Sex Organ, Mother Goddess, Erik Erikson
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Psychoanalysis after freud: neo-freudians, object relations, and current. Discuss how freud"s theory has been reinterpreted and altered by neo-freudians. Discuss important elements of several neo-freudian theories. Discuss current research on attachment theory: developments in psychoanalysis. Identify propositions of psychoanalytic theory that have been empirically supported. Many people are still trying to prove freud was wrong. He changed his mind about important issues more than once. Updating the theory to be reasonable today: latter-day issues and theorists. Neo-freudian psychology: : a general term for the psychoanalytically oriented work of many theorists and researchers who are influenced by freud"s theory. Henry murray: refining projective measurement, needs, press. Used the same methods as freud (case studies and introspection) Common themes in neo-freudian thought: less emphasis on and reinterpretation of the libido: reinterpretation of the libido: as a general motivation behind life and creativity, less emphasis on unconscious mental processes and more on conscious thought.
