PSYC 370 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mother 3, Attachment Theory, Magical Thinking
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Brilliant clinicians old area o o o o o o o o o. His theories were more like interpersonal personality theory. Afflicted by psychological and interpersonal, substance abuse problem. Role of unconscious minor and barely mentioned. Born in 1890 in new york state rural farming area. Significant in psych way as low status (farmer) Mother from higher status fam married person. Lonely, solitary father = corporal punishment, strict. Mother = serious psych problem or major mental illness. Hospitalize for 2 yrs psychiatric reason when he was 2 yrs. Grandma look after him and his sibling. Deprived child, poor fam, isolated, unhappy, few friends few access to. 8 yrs old close friendship with 13 yr old boy clarence ballinger. Close friend for 5 yrs till clarence finished hs and moved out of o kids in suburban area o gay as well. Also became a psychologist also seems to be. Sullivan establish a gay man remained closet one.
