Psychology 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Penis Envy, Anna O., Oedipus Complex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: John Campbell

Document Summary

*schools of psych emphasized measurement of human perception (5 senses) what the senses are able to pickup = determines degree of understanding world around you. *influence of subconscious = before freud = plato, rene descartes & thought of as philosophers not psychologists. Explained the mind as an iceburg can only touch the surface area so much is not seen. *freud = first to provide scientific explanations on the subconscious. *views that he was exposed to influenced him ex. Gault all these major thinkers influenced the development of freud"s theory. Intellectual atmosphere - freud"s theory did not develop in a vacuum. Development of psychoanalysis the relationship of experience and the development of his ideas. Free association a technique to replace hypnosis. *freud was czech slovakian, his family moved to venna. He was jewish which restricted him to be a lawyer/doctor so he took up medicine. He was reading darwin & goth + learned 3 languages (couldn"t just focus on medicine)