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The Origins of Psychoanalysis

Psychoanalysis began with the case his

Joseph Breuers patient, Anna O.

Anna O. experienced conversion disordhysteria at the time)

Breuer used hypnosis and talking me

After talking about her fathers illness Anna O.s symptoms were relieved

Catharsisan emotional release

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The Origins of Psychoanalysis

Freud used the talking method

Resistanceforce that prevented the patientfrom becoming aware of events and kept themin the unconscious

Repressionblocking of a wish or desire fromthe consciousness

An emotion that is prevented from beingexpressed normally may be expressed througha neurotic symptom

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The Origins of Psychoanalysis

The psychoanalytic method ofassessment and research included twoprimary procedures:

Free association

Interpretation of dreams and slipsinvolves free association with the dream

or slip. Manifest meaning

Latent meaning

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The Dynamics andDevelopment of Personality

The importance of sexuality

The nature of repressed wishes and desires is sexual Pleasure seeking

Libidoemotional and psychic energy derived from thebiological drive or sexuality

Drivepsychological or mental representation of an innerbodily source of excitement

Eros Thanatos

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The Dynamics andDevelopment of Personality

The psychosexual stages of developmentlibido investsitself in various erogenous zones as we age

Oral stage (birth to 1 year old)

Anal stage (1 to 2 years old)

Phallic stage (3 to 6 years old) Oedipus complexcastration anxiety - resolution

Electra complexpenis envy Latency (7 years old until puberty)

Genital stage (puberty through adulthood)

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Freud's Psychosexual Stages

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The Dynamics andDevelopment of Personality

Lingering effects of thepsychosexual stages cancause adult traits anddisorders

Libido Frustrated

Overindulged Fixation

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The Structure of Personality

Id, Ego, and Superego represent different functions ofpersonality

Idpleasure principle

Egoreality principle

Superegoconscience

Conflict

Anxiety

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Anxiety Reality anxiety

Neurotic anxiety

Moral anxiety

Defense mechanisms Repression Denial Projection

Reaction Formation Regression Rationalization Identification Displacement Sublimation

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What Defense Mechanism is it The boy has a crush on his friend, Leah. Instead of telling her, howeve

making fun of her.

A woman who dislikes her boss thinks she like her boss but feels that tdoesn't like her.

A smoker concludes that the evidence linking cigarette use to health pscientifically worthless.

A man feels guilty about having thoughts about cheating on his wife. starts blaming her of wanting to cheat on him.

The man with the terminal disease says oh theyll find a cure before

A man with shoe fetish gets a job in at a shoe store so he can look at s

without seeming strange. She cant remember the details of her abuse.

After parental scolding, a young girl takes her anger out on her little br

A traumatized soldier has no recollection of the details of a close brusdeath.

A woman with a lot of anger takes up kickboxing to vent it out.

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Psychoanalysis

Transferencepatient transfers to the analyst emotional

attitudes felt as a child toward significant persons Positive

Negative

Analytic processallows patients to rework importantrelationships to a more satisfactory resolution

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Empirical Validation ofPsychoanalytic Concepts

Freuds views of female psychosexuality have faced

scrutiny Concepts relating to oral and anal personality have

been supported empirically

Difficult to translate Freuds concepts into operationaldefinitions that allow testing

Advanced neuroscientific techniques lend credence tomany of Freuds insights

Nature or neurosis and therapeutic techniques viablebelieved and used!!!

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Evaluating Freuds Theory

Freuds theory needs to be evaluated using

philosophical criteria Coherence

Relevance

Comprehensiveness

Compellingness