PSY 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Talking Cure, Anna O., Conversion Disorder

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A brief history of sigmund freud: freud"s early years - born may 6, 1856 in czech republic. Vienna at age 17; seven years later had an md. Travelled to paris in 1885 to study under charcot: studies with jean charcot (prominent french physician known as the napoleon of. Talking cure - visited three hours daily: in morning, anna o. would fall into delusional state and would communicate her hallucinations to breuer, in evening, breuer would repeat these hallucinations to her while she was under hypnosis. Also known as chimney sweeping : repressed traumatic memories cause psychological tension, which was converted into a physical symptom. Free association - patient lies on a couch and without censoring, spoke anything that came to mind. Eventually, would approach traumatic experiences, and would then have some inconsistency or lapse of thought and would change the subject. Psychoanalysis - freud"s theory of personality and approach to psychological treatment.

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