PSY 352 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Josef Breuer, Freudian Slip, Thematic Apperception Test
11 Oct 2016
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Austrian neurologist; medical degree from university of vienna (psychiatry/neurology: early interest in cocaine analgesic, treat mental disorders (on coca, 1884, developed interest in nervous disorders (neurosis, hysteria) Treated for hysteria by josef breuer and freud: limb paralysis on right side of body, disruptions to vision, hearing, and speech, hallucinations, loss of consciousness. Sympathy from breuer and freud: used hypnosis, discussion and clarification of memories, (cid:498)talking cure(cid:499) Are we anxious about things that we are unaware of? psychoanalysis: branch of psychology based on freud"s ideas (cid:523)especially the unconscious(cid:524) 2 basic (cid:498)instincts(cid:499) (cid:523)psychic energies, forces, motives(cid:524) libido: life instinct (sexual energy, self-preservation) thanatos: death instinct (aggression, destruction, self-harm) Freud: combining libido and thanatos = powerful: e. g. eating (life-sustaining, but also ripping, tearing, etc. ) accessing the unconscious: More to psyche than just consciously accessible portion (iceberg analogy) Unconscious: collection of unacceptable thoughts, wishes, desires, feelings, and memories (freudian definition: unconscious wields powerful influence (often in disguise)
