SOCIOL 3A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Matriarchy, Castration Anxiety, Animism

40 views7 pages

Document Summary

Started his academic life as a philosophy student interests in physiology (specifically the nervous system) Became a doctor - interested in psychiatry hysteria. Freud believed that one reason people were ill (hysterical) was the nature of the mind. At first, he tired to map the mind based on the physiology of the brain neuro network. Mysterious because we cannot access it easily repression. Initially believed there was trauma related to the symptoms, sometimes there was the addition of fantasy in symptomatology. The symptom is an unconscious with a compromise between the unconscious wish and reality. Self love came from the story of narcissus self preservation is a kind of self-love. When we satisfy a drive, we feel pleasure when the tension is relieved. Something beyond the pleasure principle a force of destruction death drive. Looked at the course of development of infants to teenagers.

Get access

Grade+20% off
$8 USD/m$10 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Grade+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
40 Verified Answers
Class+
$8 USD/m
Billed $96 USD annually
Class+
Homework Help
Study Guides
Textbook Solutions
Class Notes
Textbook Notes
Booster Class
30 Verified Answers

Related Documents