PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Collective Unconscious, Blindsight, Reality Principle
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Freud appeared on the cover of time magazine five times three of them posthumously. Freud"s assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s: development is biology driven, early experiences engender adult personality, early social life is important, pleasure is sexual from the get go. Emphasizes the dominant role of the unconscious processes in human experiences and behaviour. Tresses the i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)(cid:272)e of hu(cid:373)a(cid:374) se(cid:454)ualit(cid:455) i(cid:374) a(cid:374) i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s life. Emphasizes the significan(cid:272)e of earl(cid:455) (cid:272)hildhood e(cid:454)perie(cid:374)(cid:272)es i(cid:374) the i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual"s life. Psychoanalysis is a type of treatment, sophisticated method of interaction between a professional therapist and a client: freud saw psychoanalysis as both a scientific method and a reliable theory. Instincts: strong innate forces that provide all the energy in the psychic system. Freud"s origi(cid:374)al theor(cid:455) of i(cid:374)sti(cid:374)(cid:272)ts (cid:449)as i(cid:374)flue(cid:374)(cid:272)ed hea(cid:448)il(cid:455) (cid:271)(cid:455) dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)"s theor(cid:455) of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374) In initial formulation, two instinct classes: self-preservation instincts, sexual instincts. In later formulations, freud collapsed self-preservation and sexual instincts into one, called life instinct (libido); added death instinct (thanatos)
