PSYC 305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Paparazzi, Reaction Formation, Genital Stage
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Mostly concerned with hypnosis and symptom relief. How physical symptoms can be relieved by paying attention to psychology. Much of his theories are based on case studies: e. g. anna o. Fairly wealthy, white women in his case studies. Diagnosed with hysteria, commonly diagnosed in women at the time. Anxiety and physiological symptoms such as paralysis and hallucinations. Looked at how unresolved issues may have manifested in these symptoms. Referring to the entire sum of internal psychological processes. Everything happening in your mind, including personality, cognitive mechanisms and processes, schemas, intelligence, experiences, memories etc Not the anatomy or physiology of the mind. There is a limited psychic energy there at birth, and provides fuel to our motives & needs. Behavior, thoughts and feelings can be explained. Goal was to get at in the unconscious. Innate forces or drives that pushes us to do what we do. Originally 2 classes: self-preservation & sexual instincts.
