PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Analytical Psychology
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Probing the psyche: psychoanalytic and analytical theories of. The totality of the human mind, conscious and unconscious. Also referred to as the self by c. g. Austrian neurologist and professor; later a psychotherapist. Focused on unconscious processes, libido (sexual energy), early childhood experiences, and anxiety/defence mechanisms. Lot of his work was sexist and homophobic but still had a big impact in the eld of psychology. Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist; worked with freud in the early 1900s. Mentor was freud but friendship ended due to disagreement. Jung"s work was more spiritual and less scienti c. Freud argued that nothing happens by accident - instead, there is a reason behind every act, thought, and feeling. Everything we do, think, say, feels is an expression of our mind - either conscious or unconscious. Reasons can be discovered by the examining the contents of the unconscious mind. To bring unconscious material to the conscious mind or to the surface.
