PSYCH101 Lecture 8: Lecture Eight Psychoanalytic Approach [Freud]

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

Document Summary

Oedipus/electra complex: conversion hysteria: people of the wealthy class (mostly women) would show up at the doctor"s with a form of paralysis, nothing was found wrong with them, the women were in hysterics (adult temper tantrum/attention seeking behaviour). The hysteria was converted into a neurological problem, causing the paralysis: doctors weren"t terribly sensitive to the condition. Freud was sought out as he was sensitive to it. The interpretation of dreams (1900): the book wasn"t received well in the medical field: an american was however impressed with the concept. He gets the book translated into english and sold in the usa. It is an instant hit: freud has started believing that conversion hysteria"s origin is buried in the subject"s unconscious mind, he tries to devise ways to access the unconscious mind. Cocaine: removed censorship of every day life. This concept was dismissed after his friend became addicted to coke. Hypnosis: spent 1-3 months experimenting with this.