Spring Awakening Psychoanalysis Discovering Oneself As children go through the adolescence stage of life they tend to go through different difficulties and hardships‚ and respond by using natural defense mechanisms to cope. Upon psychoanalyzing Spring Awakening‚ a children’s tragedy by Frank Wedekind‚ and the characters within you can get a better understanding of the adolescent stages of life. In Spring Awakening‚ the characters are going through there adolescent stage of life and their parents
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CONFLICTS and FRUSTRATIONS Conflict * It is the emotional state or condition in which people have to make difficult decisions about two or more competing motives‚ behaviors or impulses. * Kurt Lewin(was a German-American psychologist‚ known as one of the modern pioneers of social‚ organizational‚ and applied psychology) * He described two opposite tendencies of conflict: approach and avoidance. When something attracts
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Frustration • A stirred-up state of hopelessness that results when a person is prevented from reaching a particular goal to which he has aspired or prevented from satisfying his physiological needs • The condition of being thwarted(prevented) in the satisfaction of a motive Sources of frustration • Physiological problems- more or less are our basic needs such as food‚ water‚ shelter etc. • Environmental problems-problems set by culture in which man lives • Psychological problems-internal
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where you feel threatened or feel uncomfortable in a certain situation. There are many ways we use defensive communication in every day life. Defensive mechanisms commonly used in relationships are psychological withdrawal which is when a person feels uncomfortable in a certain situation‚ but is required to physically be there. Another mechanism is when a person distances himself from others. In the movie "Remember the Titans‚" the black and white players distanced themselves with one another in
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Ego Psychology Question 1 Application. Ego psychology builds upon psychoanalytical theory. This theory discusses how an individual can develop based on their ego‚ how they function‚ and the type of defense mechanisms a person utilizes. In the case of April‚ Ego psychology will be utilized to dive into her strengths and limitations using Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial crises‚ which are tied to Freud’s psychoanalysis. April‚ a 5 year old‚ has had some serious changes since her father
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willing to return to the London that he knew. The study of this thesis concerns with the personality development of the main character in Neverwhere.In this study‚ the main character’s adaptation against a new environment through the ego defense mechanism in facing his anxiety is used as a proof in the personality development. The method of the study used in this thesis is inductive method. It analyzes the data from particular cases to general conclusion. The data are collected through library and
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aspect of our communication is most likely to convey our true feelings and beliefs? Non Verbal The psychological defense mechanism in which confrontation with a personal problem or with reality is avoided by denying the existence of the problem or reality is called: Denial A lack of feeling‚ emotion‚ interest‚ or concern is a defense mechanism called: Apathy The defense mechanism in which unwanted desires or impulses are excluded from the consciousness and left to operate in the unconscious is called:
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Amir uses several ego defense mechanisms to try and resolve these anxieties. Initially‚ Amir uses the ego defense mechanism of rationalization. This is utilized in the following passage “I ran because I was a coward. I was afraid of Assef and what he would do to me. I was afraid of getting hurt. That’s what I told myself as
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the background‚ and so never have to address or even to acknowledge them. Conversely‚ people who care for a disabled or elderly person may experience profound anxiety and distress when this role is suddenly removed from them. Altruism as an ego defence should be distinguished from true altruism—one being primarily a means to cover up uncomfortable feelings and the other being primarily a means to some external end such as alleviating hunger or poverty. However‚ many psychologists and philosophers
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Complete the following for each theory stated in the syllabus. Name of theory: Psychoanalytic History: The founder of psychoanalysis‚ Sigmund Freud‚ laid a sold psychological foundation for future psychoanalysts to build upon and improve. By 1900‚ Freud had conjectured that dreams had symbolic significance‚ and generally were specific to the dreamer. In 1905‚ Freud published three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality [16] in which he laid out his discovery of so-called psychosexual stages. By
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