PS390 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Erich Fromm, Object Relations Theory, Scientism
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Medical context: hypnosis was used to treat hysteria which was believed to be caused by the unconscious, methods used by mediums became of interest, such as trance speech, automatic writing, and crystal gazing. Janet treated his patients by way of catharsis psychoanalysis: janet was offended that freud didn"t give him credit for. Freud emphasized personal psychological process psychoanalytic theory however. Freud"s theory suggests that it is unconscious wishes that are the cause of neurosis, and that retrospective meaning and desires shape experiences. Madness" as the result of unconscious desires that automatically govern reflexes, sleep, impulsivity, hypnotic states, crime and drunkenness. " (from walsh-bowers et al. , in press) whereas his predecessors and contemporaries understood madness" as a form of moral degeneracy". Same symbols are manifested in different ways and different cultures: psychological types. Personality consist of a dominant type: introvert/ extravert which serve 2 functions: ways of perceiving: sensing (conscious attention) vs. intuiting (unconscious attention).
