PSY 401 1st Edition Lecture 36 Outline of Last Lecture I Freud a Father of Psychoanalysis b Family History c Early Years d Cocaine e Second Mind f Anna O g Self Analysis h Some other contributions i World War I j 1920s k World War II Outline of Current Lecture I Psychoanalytic Theory a Sigmund Freud i Professional Career 1 Ernst Brucke 2 Studies with Cocaine 3 Joseph Breuer 4 Private Practice in Vienna Current Lecture I Psychoanalytic Theory a Sigmund Freud 1856 1939 i Professional Career 1 Ernst Brucke These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute a Physiologist b Rejected Vitalism idea that there is something special about living things something nonphysical in them that gives them life like a spirit i Brucke had a more mechanistic perspective describe humans completely using chemistry etc ii Also very determinist physical systems and data predict behavior iii These perspectives influenced Freud c Freud studies eel nervous system reproductive system i Rejecting vitalism describing reproduction using physical and chemical ideas d MD 1881 2 Studies with Cocaine a Thought application of cocaine studies would make him famous b No one really knew that much about cocaine or its serious addictive properties c Freud thought it was a wonder drug to revolutionize psychiatry d Did not know about addictive properties used it to get rid of his depression it gave him energy e Used it to help people get off of morphine after injuries in war etc i Had a friend who developed a fatal addiction from cocaine f Kholer became interested in cocaine realized it worked well as an anesthetic i Became very known and famous Freud was jealous 1 Cocaine is a schedule 2 drug step down from heroin etc 3 Joseph Breuer 1842 1925 a Physiologist b Treatment of Anna O 1880 AKA Bertha i She was 29 developed psychological and physical symptoms of a wide variety cough hallucinations partial paralysis called hysteria because not sure what was actually wrong ii Before she became sick she was the primary caretaker of her ill father iii Pathogenic ideas thought mental event manifest in physical symptoms 1 Used hypnotism and noticed whenever the topic of her sick father came up she had physiological reactions such as squinting iv Cathartic method face up to issues 1 Confronting her issues helped to alleviate her symptoms 2 Relieve the experiences then directly handle them alleviates the stress associated with the experiences 3 Rooted in the idea of catharsis Aristotle energy release a In ancient Greece Aristotle looked at why people liked tragedies so much 4 Argued it was because being a Greek citizen is stressful and seeing others suffer makes you put things in perspective and realize things could be worse v Transference transfer of feelings from another relationship onto the therapist love or accidentally calling them father vi Countertransference therapist misplaces their feelings onto the patient 1 Bertha developed feelings for Breuer and said she was pregnant had the physical symptoms of pregnancy 2 He put her under hypnosis to alleviate physical manifestations which were not real 4 Private Practice In Vienna 1886 a Cathartic treatments get people to recognize a face their issues i Resistance noticed that if person was about to uncover a traumatic or repressed memory the would freeze up 1 because traumatic or dark or embarrassing 2 tried to overcome moment of resistance by a pressure technique putting his palm on the patient s forehead person would just spit out the contents of their mind b Free association follow stream of consciousness and verbalize it so Freud could recognize what was important i Influenced by Galton s word association task cue words the write words that come to mind ii Influenced by experience with cocaine tend to talk a lot when high on cocaine
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