Psych 380 1nd Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Current Lecture I Case study Ted II Psychological conditions that turn physical III Psychosexual development Current Lecture Announcements o Test next Thursday during class in regular classroom Psychodynamic perspective o Freud psychodynamics o Criticized mosoginistic too sexual o Used by many universities Anton Mesmer o Set up a clinic in Paris o Believed that planetary forces are the reason behind behavior o He used magnetic rods around people to heal them o Many people got better though What is the reasoning o The patients who come to see him have no medical basis to their issues it is psychological Glove anesthesia o No mobility of motion o No feeling o Doctors don t understand this o It is psychological Dr Shareau o Put people into a deep sleep hypnosis o Freud went to Paris wants to learn how to hypnotize people Freud created something similar psychodynamic perspective St Bridgettes o Church in Amherst o Guest priest Ralph Diorio o Faith healer ceremony to heal people o Church all dark incense candles o Father called people up to front of church o Each person would walk up o Priest would put oil on their forehead 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 o Suddenly they are healed Anton Mesmer o Access abilities the people didn t have access to Another example of this o Woman who lifts a car to save someone s life Psychotherapy o Sometimes mental issues can turn into physical problems headaches back aches etc Ted o 45 years old o referred by physician at Baystate o awakened with numbness weakness in arms o reached point of paralysis in arms o executive at bank successful o became a new father two months prior o went to a neurologist he said it doesn t make sense it s a psychological condition Ted s attitude o Very irritated angry o He thinks people don t believe him o I don t know why they are sending me hear I have a medical condition o Has had it for four months o I can t even dress myself o his wife had a beautiful baby girl o he has been having arguments with his boss they give him grief o arrogant confrontational demeanor Mesmer Sharkeau Freud o Psychodynamics different processes going on that we don t always understand o Behavior feelings o Id driven by pleasure principle Food Sex o We develop an ego as we grow up Reality principle If you steal a muffin you will be locked up For young children your parents are your ego they tell you not to do things and teach you to have a conscious o Superego Immorality ethics o When these are out of joint we develop disorders Id May lead to sexual problems o Rationalization Proving something to yourself o Displacement Displace feelings onto someone lesser than you o Defense mechanisms o o Ted o o o o o o We form it into the exact opposite Unacceptable fantasies pushes himself against it Repression Motivated forgetting Exams appointments etc Regression Going back to old behavior Annoyed combated Paralysis of arms 3rd session they don t know what they are doing I can t even dress myself Aggravated by stress Dr Halgin asks What s your secret Freud cathartic method Transforming the conflict I m now a father and I can t even hold my new child Lots of anxiety probably something else going on Since the age of 12 I have dressed in woman s clothing When my wife is out I used to put on woman s clothing He would masturbate sometimes Soothing feeling from wearing women s clothing His wife went on maternity leave and his arms became paralyzed Video o Woman witnesses her neighbor doing nasty things to her daughter o While watching TV she loses her sight o Her husband takes her to the doctor o They give her a placebo and her sight comes back o She lost her sight so that she wouldn t have to identify the man in court Back to Ted o So he has been cross dressing since he was 12 o No one is offended by this he isn t hurting anyone Psychosexual stages o Oral Child wants to be fed Learns to bite Eating If babies aren t fed well over fed they might develop behaviors such as biting sarcasm or cigarettes o Anal stage Learning to use the toilet Anal retentive Anal repulsive o Phallic stage Males want to be like father females want to be like mother Ted s mother always wanted a girl She would tuck in Ted s scrotum and dress him like a girl She has mental issues and was sick This interrupted Ted s phallic stage She would say I love you as a girl o Latency stage o Genital stage Children gain attraction to from sexual partners Ted was still fixated in another stage He can t be a loving person to someone else because of this Object relations and therapy o Mother and father are very significant o Early caregiver neglect givers o You are held loved and people will love you Resolve Ted s issue o He tells his wife about the behavior only to find out that she already knew about it o She says that its ok for him to do it o They go to couples therapy o Ted slowly began to gain back the movement of his arms