PSYC 102 Lecture Notes - Joseph Breuer, Anal Retentiveness, Inferiority Complex
27 Dec 2012
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The focus is on the unconscious experiences. Conversion hysteria didn"t seem like there was any physical cause to this symptom, Joseph breuer another physician freud worked with: freud and breuer tried hypnotic trances. Psychoanalytic theory attempted to explain personality by focussing on unconscious determinants of behaviour. Freud believed there were 3 distinct subcategories of personality. Ex. is a baby, functioning all on biological urges: ego. Secondary process thinking related to problem solving and rational thinking. Able to reason and problem solve related to: superego. Conscious: consists of all the thoughts that presently occupy the mind, whatever one"s aware of at any given moment. Preconscious: material just beneath level of awareness that can be readily retrieved, eg. Unconscious: memories & desires well beneath conscious awareness but yet may still influence behaviour, sometimes cannot be aware of to prevent anxiety, overwhelming feelings of guilt etc, freudian slip. Id of the personality is strictly at the unconscious level.
