PSYC 305 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Birth Order, Superiority Complex, Word Association

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Joseph breuer physiologist, was treating bertha pappenheim developed hysteria. Tried to determine physiological cause for her headaches, loss of sensation, while caring for her dying father partial paralyses + vivid hallucinations. Hypnotized her relieved traumatic events that had escaped her conscious memory ideas about psychotherapy. She became the first case study in psychoanalysis + solidified freud"s early. Working with jean martin charcot in the neuropathology lab sparked his interest in. Earliest phases of his practice used electrotherapy (not the same as electroconvulsive. Consisted of small currents of electricity through the skin + muscles of the head hysteria + hypnosis therapy) to improve circulation. Later used hypnotic suggestion before trying breuer"s cathartic method. Technique of free association evolved from growing disillusionment with other therapeutic methods. Argued for a methodology that assumes natural causes for all natural events. Overt behaviour = due to covert phenomena (b) belief in the continuity of the animal kingdom.

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