PSYA02H3 Lecture Notes - Sigmund Freud, Hypnosis, Psychodynamics
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Freud was the first psychologist that wasn t a scientist he was a physiologist: trained as an expert observer shaped his later research. Was interested in ailments that seemed to have no physiological cause: extreme ailments but no medical cause, caused by mental issues. Freud felt that this could cure psychological problems but he later rejected this idea: mesmer was first to use the idea of hypnotism. Originally, he wanted to cure people via magnetism but it turns out that, for the people that felt better, they weren t cured by the magnets but by mesmer telling them that the magnets would help. It was a placebo effect under the power of suggestion. Freud listened to people and then formed stories of the causes of their problems: this was scientifically impossible to test/prove. Came to believe that all human behavior is motivated by instinctual desires that provide psychic energy: psychic energy caused the issues.
