PSY 01230 Lecture 3: Chapter 3
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Personality theory based on the writings of. Emphasizes the unconscious processes of the mind. Unconscious-the portion of the mind of which a person is not aware. Psychoanalytic techniques to access the unconscious: hypnosis, free association, dream analysis. Early in his career freud began using hypnosis to treat patients: started studying neurology and psychiatry, started focusing on treating patients, became a student of charcot, which was using hypnosis to treat hysteria. Hypnosis- a process where the patient is induced into a trancelike state and is partially under the control of another person. Hysteria- mental illness where there is no organic cause: treated with psychological and social influences. ***hypnosis was inadequate to treat most people. Manifest content- the content of a dream that a person remembers. Latent content- the underlying hidden meaning of a dream. Sometimes forbidden impulses are turned into non-threatening symbols: phallic-like structures- represent a.
