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Psychoanalytic Approach

Psychoanalytic Approach. Six Approaches. Psychoanalysis Approach. A system of viewing the individual as the product of unconscious forces Sigmund Freud: Dream Analysis Carl Jung Advantages Provides a framework for analyzing thought processes below consciousness Disadvantages

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Psychoanalytic Approach

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  1. Psychoanalytic Approach Six Approaches

  2. Psychoanalysis Approach • A system of viewing the individual as the product of unconscious forces • Sigmund Freud: Dream Analysis • Carl Jung • Advantages • Provides a framework for analyzing thought processes below consciousness • Disadvantages • Focuses on how people are only products of negative unconscious impulses • Difficult to proof

  3. Psychoanalytic Theory • All behavior is meaningful, and much of it is controlled by digging below the surface to uncover the roots of personality. • Sigmund Freud

  4. Id, Ego, & Super Ego

  5. Psychoanalytic Theory • Sigmund Freud, 1856-1939. • Studied neurology, but wanted to be a medical researcher, forced into being a private physician. • Became convinced that patients difficulties were due to mental rather than physical problems. • Proposed that distress due to problems that dated back to childhood.

  6. Psychoanalytic Theory • Interpretation of Dreams, 1900 • Sold 600 copies in 8 years; today sells millions every year. • “Oedipus Complex” • Dreams are “wish fulfillment” • Aggressive energy: Basic human instinct lodged in unconscious; the duty of society is to get people to channel their aggressive energy into productive activity. If not, aggression is released and violent activities occur.

  7. Psychoanalytic Theory • Hidden Desires: Freud stated that people are “cesspools of hidden desires.” • Unresolved Conflicts: If these occur in childhood, this will cause fixations in later life. (Stages)

  8. Psychoanalytic Theory • Freud’s Stages of Psycho-sexual Development: • Oral (Birth - 1 yr.) • Anal (1 yr.) • Phallic (4 yrs. - separates males/females) • Latency (Puberty) • Genital (adult) • 3 Personalities: Id, Ego, Superego: • Id: Wants/Desires, Basic primal instincts. “Pleasure Principle” • Ego: “Reality Principle” • Superego: Conscious mind. “Do the right thing.”

  9. Psychoanalytic Theory: Criticisms • Does not focus on observable behavior • It takes a negative viewpoint of mankind because actions are provoked by unconscious thoughts • It cannot be scientifically proven or disproven • Ignores political and social explanations of people’s problems. • Currently focuses on perceptions, memories, and thinking in our unconscious • (Psychodynamic theory)

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