REGNRSG 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Theodor Meynert, Franz Brentano, Anna Freud
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Learning goals: freud + psychoanalysis, zeitgeist, alternatives and criticism. Persons that might have influenced freud: theodor meynert (1833 - 1892) famous brain anatomist. Freud became a prize student, particularly skilled in the diagnosis of localized brain injuries. Friend of freud treated just one hysterical patient. Cathartic method developed a technique using hypnosis decided to never treat a hysterical patient again, though the cathartic method was very successful with bertha did tell his colleague freud about it, who became very interested in this method. Who? an austrian neurologist lived and worked in vienna, having set up his clinical practice there. Publications: studies on hysteria (1859) self-analysis three essays on the theory of sexuality (1905) the ego and the id the interpretation of dreams (1900) Metapsychology = a theoretically explicit psychology, which has the main purpose to connect the mind and body while maintaining a client-centered setting.
