PSY 257 Lecture Notes - James Marcia, Comfort Object, Rollo May
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8:55 pm: psychological models in clinical psychology. A model is a prototype or pattern. A psychological model is one that typifies the human psyche the personality . Different models are based on different theories place different emphasis on different aspects of the psyche. Open doors to develop/modify treatment technique: psychological models. Be open, be cautious, be critically appreciative: psychoanalysis-the first model. Relationship with his father and view of him. Relationship with his nanny (2m), god, sexual abuse. Determinism (psychic) driven (fear is dealt with using anger) Symptoms formation is an unconscious action of the ego. Psyche operates according to 5 principles (topographic/structural = ld, ego, and superego dynamic =the interplay between structures) also economic, genetic, descriptive: psychoanalysis-key concepts. Persist in the boy: ambivalence, develops in the girl. Sublimated to studies and athletics: goals & problems with theory of psychoanalysis. Fails to reconcile the personality disorder: psychoanalysis: clinical application & issues. Ego strength, long term, training: carl jung: analytical psychology.