RELS 3714 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Neurosis, Human Sacrifice, Exogamy
23 Sep 2016
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Psychoanalysis: definition: a way of investigating and treating the human mind a. i. Freud eventually published a book spearheading this idea a. i. 1. Though this was met with scorn, he still gained a following a. ii. Psychoanalysis and the unconscious: freud insists that dreams show just how much more active the brain is than we thought a. i. The unconscious is the source of our basest physical urges a. i. 1. Repression: the forcing down into the unconscious of base desires or memories-can be broken through psychoanalysis a. iii. Reoccurring themes found in mythology and folklore are similar to subjects found in human dreams a. iii. 1. There is struggle between lust and aggression a. ii. Id: earliest and most basic of 3 elements; unconscious and unaware of itself, the place where raw, physical drives translate to wishes a. iii. Superego: represents the collection of influences imposed on personality by outside world a. iv. Acts as balance between id and superego a. iv. 2.
