PSY 505 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Sigmund Freud, Natural Science, Psychodynamics
30 Mar 2020
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Freud: a view of the theorist: sigmund freud (1856 1939, born in czech republic, grew up in vienna, austria. Mother"s favourite : medical doctor (neurology, mechanist (brucke) Natural science can explain human thought and behaviour. Psychological processes are no different to mechanical or physiological processes: therapist / psychologist, unconscious. Major technique: free association: widely criticized in his own time, he courageously continued his work with psychology. Energy = lifeforce: merging of vitalism & mechanism, mechanistic: psychological processes are akin to mechanical or physiological processes, mind is constantly doing" things. It is not like a computer hard drive spinning up only when purposely accessed: the mind is always on , and much of what is on is happening beyond our awareness in the. Influenced heavily by conservation of energy theory (helmholtz: energy is in a closed" system energy cannot be created or destroyed, freud"s mental energy fundamentals, limited amount of energy.
