Psychology of Personality Ch.3 Notes
Psychoanalytic Aspects of Personality [psy/250 ch. 3 notes]
Psychoanalytic
Sigmund Freud’s basic approach to understanding personality The Unconscious and Therapeutic Techniques
Hysteria
A term used for various forms of mental illness for which no organic cause could be found and which could sometimes be cured by psychological and social influences Hypnosis
A process by which a person is induced into a trance state where action is partially under the control of another person
The idea behind the therapy was that, unbeknownst to the patient, psychological forces in the mind were causing physical ailments. By unlocking the inner psychological tension, the outer body could be liberated. Pg. 62
Free Association
A method used in psychoanalysis in which an individual reports everything that comes into awareness Unconscious
The portion of the mind that is not accessible to conscious thought
Freud called dreams the “royal road” to understanding the unconscious. Pg. 63
According to psychoanalytic theory, dreams, and indeed most aspects of psychological experience, are said to have two levels of content—manifest content and latent content. Pg. 63
Manifest Content
The part of dreams or other aspects of psychological experience that is remembered and consciously considered Latent Content
The part of dreams or other aspects of psychological experience that underlies the conscious portion and reveals hidden meaning
A vicious circle (or tautology) sometimes results from a psychoanalytic explanation of personality. Let us say, for example, that a young woman’s severe nervous cough, squint, and partial paralysis are attributed to an unconscious conflict about her sexual abuse. In psychotherapy, the issue is gradually brought to light and thoroughly explored, its emotional energy diffused. Yet the patient still suffers from many nervous or hysterical problems. Do we therefore conclude that the psychoanalytic explanation was totally
Psychoanalytic
Sigmund Freud’s basic approach to understanding personality The Unconscious and Therapeutic Techniques
Hysteria
A term used for various forms of mental illness for which no organic cause could be found and which could sometimes be cured by psychological and social influences Hypnosis
A process by which a person is induced into a trance state where action is partially under the control of another person
The idea behind the therapy was that, unbeknownst to the patient, psychological forces in the mind were causing physical ailments. By unlocking the inner psychological tension, the outer body could be liberated. Pg. 62
Free Association
A method used in psychoanalysis in which an individual reports everything that comes into awareness Unconscious
The portion of the mind that is not accessible to conscious thought
Freud called dreams the “royal road” to understanding the unconscious. Pg. 63
According to psychoanalytic theory, dreams, and indeed most aspects of psychological experience, are said to have two levels of content—manifest content and latent content. Pg. 63
Manifest Content
The part of dreams or other aspects of psychological experience that is remembered and consciously considered Latent Content
The part of dreams or other aspects of psychological experience that underlies the conscious portion and reveals hidden meaning
A vicious circle (or tautology) sometimes results from a psychoanalytic explanation of personality. Let us say, for example, that a young woman’s severe nervous cough, squint, and partial paralysis are attributed to an unconscious conflict about her sexual abuse. In psychotherapy, the issue is gradually brought to light and thoroughly explored, its emotional energy diffused. Yet the patient still suffers from many nervous or hysterical problems. Do we therefore conclude that the psychoanalytic explanation was totally