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Mind Map by cortneyatkinson, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by cortneyatkinson
about 13 years ago
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Freud Brings the
Unconscious into the Picture
- Sigmund Freud (1856-1939); started with his
procedure of psychoanalysis on people dealing with
psychological problems
- believed in the 'unconscious' : contains thoughts,
memories, and desires that are well below the surface of
conscious awareness, but that nonetheless exert great
influence on behaviour, ex. slips of the tongue
- concluded that psychological disturbances
are greatly caused by personal conflicts
existing at an unconscious level
- concluded that psychological disturbances
are greatly caused by personal conflicts
existing at an unconscious level
- argued people are not
masters of their own mind;
proposed our sexual urges
influence our behaviour
- believed in the 'unconscious' : contains thoughts,
memories, and desires that are well below the surface of
conscious awareness, but that nonetheless exert great
influence on behaviour, ex. slips of the tongue
- Psychoanalytic theory: attempts to explain personality,
motivation, and mental disorders by focusing on
unconscious detrminants of behaviour
- met with resistance regarding the
accessibility of scientific observation
of the unconscious experience;
viewed it as 'unscientific speculation'
- met with resistance regarding the
accessibility of scientific observation
of the unconscious experience;
viewed it as 'unscientific speculation'
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