PHL244H1 Lecture Notes - Freudian Slip, Ego Ideal, Superego Records
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The word anal describing those who are uptight actually came from freud. Freud had an idea of infantile sexual developmentpart of his theory was that children"s physical pleasure came from the anal area. Defense mechanisms as well as love/hate relationships all concepts/term that came from freud. His big idea is the idea of the unconscious that there"s a realm of mental activity that is closed off to conscious awareness and at the same time affects what goes on at conscious level. When freud started treating neurological disorders, he saw a lot of patients who suffered from hysteria (at the time referring to hyper-emotionality, depression and etc) He often noticed that these patients would come in displaying very strong emotions. He couldn"t find any physiological problem with them and even when he asked them, they had no clue why were that emotional. He also noticed that under hypnosis, these patients were obeying the suggestions of the master.
