Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Trobriand Islands, Oedipus Complex, Insanity Defense

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Dr.Mike

Document Summary

Freud critique and assessment: limited data, theory built on select population, bias, analyst hardly an objective observer, conceptual, vague terms, test. Evidence for freud: unconscious processing, semantic priming effect, repression, memory lapses during therapy. Evidence against freud: dreams, thirsty subjects awoken during rem do not dream of drinking, anthropological evidence, oedipus complex not universal, eg trobriand islanders. Freud will always be relevant: notion of internal unconscious conflict, we do not completely know ourselves, scope of theory, theory of humanity that covers biology, art, humour, the family. The self: organized, consistent set of belief and perception. Deny or ignore: problems in living . Need for positive regard: unconditional positive regard from parents (and self) High self esteem related to positive social life and happiness. Difficult to define or predict what will be a self actualizing tendency becomes equal to behaviour. Trait perspective: eysenck, cattle, big five. Mental illness not always considered mental or illness .