PSY240H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Inferior Colliculus, Amygdala, Hypothalamus
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Laws: biological, chemistry, physics only have one paradigms . Science has unequivocally shown this is the case: psychology has multiple paradigms (1. ) Psychodynamic/ psychoanalytic paradigm freud: original paradigm in psychology, not easily testable, source of abnormal behavior is subconscious (below consciousness) Subconscious conflict: abnormal behavior is the result of things learnt or experienced in childhood that are incorporated into yourself and pushed into subconscious, performed psychoanalysis, method to investigate subconscious: utilized free. Rules for psychotherapist: sit for one hour with patient and let patient tell you what comes to mind. Client said what came to mind without looking at psychotherapist. Therapist doesn"t not ask any questions interpretations until all sessions are done: in classical neofreudian therapy, don"t offer any, person may say something they didn"t mean to = freudian. This happens rarely it is not an efficient method of. Slip finding information: young was interested in dream interpretation (2. )
