PSYC2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Karl Popper, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Falsifiability
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Developed in late 19th and early 20th century to understand human behaviour. Mental disorders arise as a result of unresolved unconscious conflicts. Id: governed by pleasure, immediate gratification (personality component- the. Copes by means of neuroses and dreams which fulfil ids suppressed desires. Ultimate aim is to reduce defenses and gain insight into hidden intrapsychic conflicts. Considered to reveal patients" real concerns and wishes. Newer variants however are shorter and more focused (psychodynamic therap. Early critics - theories were based primarily on case-studies, rather than quantitative. Theory is criticized as reductionist and simplistic (reducing everything to sexual urges. Karl popper argued psychoanalysis was unscientific as claims were unfalsifiable (explai the unconscious) licts rapy) tative and experimental studies rges) xplains everything, so explains nothing!) Karl popper argued psychoanalysis was unscientific as claims were unfalsifiable (explai. Very few well-controlled randomized controlled trials of psychoanalytic techniques. Only available to those with financial means to engage- mainly takes place in german.
