Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalysis
BY: Antonio Coleman
The basic tenets of psychoanalysis…
• Besides the inherited constitution of personality, a person's development is determined by events in early childhood.
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Human attitude, mannerism, experience, and thought is largely influenced by irrational drives.
Irrational drives are lifeless attempts to bring these drives into awareness meet emotional conflict in the form of security devices
• Conflicts between conscious and unconscious, or repressed, material can materialize in the form of mental or emotional disturbances, for example: complex, neurotic traits, worry, depression etc.
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The liberation from the effects of the lifeless material is achieved through bringing this material into the aware mind skilled guidance.
The Definition …
Through the scope of a psychoanalytic lens, humans are described as having sexual and aggressive drives.
Psychoanalytic theorists believe that human behavior is deterministic. It is governed by irrational forces, and the unconscious, as well instinctual and biological drives. Due to this deterministic nature, psychoanalytic theorists do not believe in free will.
Psychoanalytic theory …
Psychoanalytic theory refers to the definition of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that underlie and guide the psychoanalytic and psychodynamic treatment, called therapy, a clinical method for treating psychopathology. First laid out by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century, psychoanalytic theory has undergone many refinements since his work. Psychoanalytic theory came to full prominence in the last third of the twentieth century as part of the flow of critical discourse regarding psychological treatments after the 1960s, long after Freud's death in 1939.
Disadvantages vs Advantages…
Advantages
The theory emphasizes the importance of childhood experiences.
It started and addressed the importance of the unconscious, sexual and aggressive drives that make-up the majority of
BY: Antonio Coleman
The basic tenets of psychoanalysis…
• Besides the inherited constitution of personality, a person's development is determined by events in early childhood.
•
•
•
Human attitude, mannerism, experience, and thought is largely influenced by irrational drives.
Irrational drives are lifeless attempts to bring these drives into awareness meet emotional conflict in the form of security devices
• Conflicts between conscious and unconscious, or repressed, material can materialize in the form of mental or emotional disturbances, for example: complex, neurotic traits, worry, depression etc.
•
The liberation from the effects of the lifeless material is achieved through bringing this material into the aware mind skilled guidance.
The Definition …
Through the scope of a psychoanalytic lens, humans are described as having sexual and aggressive drives.
Psychoanalytic theorists believe that human behavior is deterministic. It is governed by irrational forces, and the unconscious, as well instinctual and biological drives. Due to this deterministic nature, psychoanalytic theorists do not believe in free will.
Psychoanalytic theory …
Psychoanalytic theory refers to the definition of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that underlie and guide the psychoanalytic and psychodynamic treatment, called therapy, a clinical method for treating psychopathology. First laid out by Sigmund Freud in the late 19th century, psychoanalytic theory has undergone many refinements since his work. Psychoanalytic theory came to full prominence in the last third of the twentieth century as part of the flow of critical discourse regarding psychological treatments after the 1960s, long after Freud's death in 1939.
Disadvantages vs Advantages…
Advantages
The theory emphasizes the importance of childhood experiences.
It started and addressed the importance of the unconscious, sexual and aggressive drives that make-up the majority of