PSYB30H3 Lecture 19: Thorough Notes on Lecture 19
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Overview of week 11: part i: sigmund freud, part ii: alfred adler, part iii: carl jung. dreams, symptoms, & parapraxes (slips of the tongue) Sigmund freud (1856-1939: freud provided the first (and perhaps only) comprehensive theory of personality: Respect: freud introduced the talking cure (psychotherapy), and many (if not all) of his ideas are still widely accepted and used by clinicians today; eg: with almost any kind of personality disorder, a therapist will make reference to one"s childhood. When christopher columbus drew his maps of the world, they were wrong but the leap between how the world was viewed before and how it was viewed after is what we should respect. Critical ideas in freudian psychoanalytic thought: basic instincts: sex & aggression. the libido an innate life-preserving force that drives human action. thanatos an aggressive drive within people: defense mechanisms. secondary defense mechanisms we can call on if repression fails.
