PS280 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Freudian Slip, Erogenous Zone, Toilet Training
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Free association the mind will make defensive associations to keep the person from becoming conscious of the true source of the symptoms. If the person can learn to freely let their associations run, then one can get to the true source of the symptoms. Distortion of the true meaning of the dream (defensive undertaken by the ego) Overcoming resistances becoming conscious of the unconscious. A verbal mistake that is symptomatic of a repressed desire, attitude, or belief. Examples: husband referring to wife by maiden name. Remove the defensive distortions to reveal the unconscious. Personality formed during childhood; fixed from then on. Started as neurologist focused on nerved energies. Humans are primarily animals motivated by evolutionary concerns. Personality is determined by how conflicts are navigated at different stages. Traumas in stages development are more uniform because we must all go through these stages. Libido focused on different parts of body during different stages in childhood.
