PSYC 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Sigmund Freud, Smart Guy, Hypnosis
9 Feb 2020
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Sigmund freud: (1856-1939: psychosexual theory, dream analysis, unconsciousness, he was and is a controversial figure, psychoanalysis in a therapeutic setting, based on what we know about information processing, the unconscious processes play. Freud believes this is where the money is because he will work with clients. Under hypnosis she is able to talk about the upsetting experiences and feelings she has when she isn"t ordinarily able to. He gets a lot of attention for that, not all good. But becomes a prominent name: publishes interpretation of dreams (1900, founded various psychoanalytic societies, moves to london in 1938 even though he was doing well in vienna because of. World war ii and he is jewish: death- cancer 1939, original archeologist of the human mind . Basic instincts: sex and aggression: strong innate forces, psychic energy- a person"s motivations to do things.
