PSYC 2740 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ego Psychology, Old Age, Open Data Protocol
16 Feb 2018
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Psyc2740 lecture 9- psychoanalytic approaches to personality: contemporary issues. False memories: memories that have been implanted" (for events that did not occur). This is not so much whether or not they have a false memory or not. Important to identify the processes that lead to a false memory. Where you were asked about an event, and you go into great detail about that event despite the fact that the event never happened. Early childhood trauma may lead to or be an explanation for client not. Tons of shows and movies depict people suddenly remembering potentially painful or being able to have sound relationships. repressed childhood memories. We cannot always say repressed memories are true all the time. Just as much as we cannot say they are always false. We have to give the benefit of the doubt that they are one way or the other, and determine it alongside the client. Motivated unconscious (freuds view) vs cognitive unconscious (unconscious operates.
