CRM 1301 Lecture : Psychological Explanations.docx
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The case of anna o: mute, refused food, lost feeling in hands and feet, catatonic states, involuntary spasms. Would have been diagnosed with hysteria, today it would be called conversion disorder. She saw freud, discussed all her memories and fears etc. and with this she was freed from her fears. Current awareness (your present perception, your thoughts and feelings now) Not aware of material but it"s retrievable via ordinary retrieval (can easily bring to mind when you think about it) Not aware of material and it"s not retrievable (includes everything not easily accessible to us memories, trauma, things that make us feel uneasy) Everything we think and do and feel is an expression of our subconscious, we don"t have control over this. Freudian slip: accidentally saying something when you meant to say something else (pay spraint, saying an exes name instead of current partner, he would say that you have your ex on your unconscious mind)