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Fun with Freud

A Little I nformation on the Father of Psychology and His T heory of the Self. Fun with Freud. Who is Freud?. Sigismund Schlomo Freud (1856 – 1939) Jewish, Austrian Founded the discipline of psychoanalysis Most famous for his theories of the unconscious mind and repression

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Fun with Freud

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  1. A Little Information on the Father of Psychology and His Theory of the Self FunwithFreud

  2. Who is Freud? • Sigismund Schlomo Freud (1856 – 1939) • Jewish, Austrian • Founded the discipline of psychoanalysis • Most famous for his theories of the unconscious mind and repression • Proposed that sexual drives were the driving forces of human behavior (i.e.: Oedipus Complex, Castration Anxiety, Penis Envy) • Used free association, transference and dream interpretation as means to uncovering the unconscious mind • Most popular form of therapy was psychoanalysis until the 50’s worldwide! (“Father of Psychology”)

  3. Forgetting Freud? • Today, many critics question Freud's theories and classify them as being too limiting to practice, for some of the following reasons: • 1) The women Freud saw were predominantly rich, upper class; suffering from 19th century sexual repression • "Women oppose change, receive passively, and add nothing of their own," he wrote in a 1925 paper entitled "The Psychical Consequences of the Anatomic Distinction Between the Sexes." • 2) Many sessions lasted over the course of numerous years! • 3) A large gap between patient and doctor (lacking interaction) • 4) Too much emphasis on childhood as a personality test, and not enough on present-day patient experiences

  4. What we still use: • Theory of the self (Id, Ego, Superego) • Phallic/Uteran symbols

  5. Theory of the Self • Id: • Ego: • Superego:

  6. Understanding Symbols • A symbol is sensorial and concrete in itself, although the idea(s) it represents may be relatively abstract and complex. • Has multiple meanings and some resemblance to what it is supposed to represent • In most cases it’s an unacknowledged idea or one we are not conscious of. • They appear in thought most readily when the we are tired, experiencing neurotic problems, or dreaming (unconscious self).

  7. Phallic/ Uteran Symbols • The phallus: all male power comes from the penis • Phallic Symbol: anything oblong, vertical • Uteran Symbol: anything boxy, enveloping, enclosed

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