PSYC 330 1st Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I. ChildhoodII. College YearsIII. Early WorkIV. Mesmer, CharcotV. Joseph BreuerOutline of Current Lecture VI. Timeline of Freud: 1890-1895VII. Seduction TheoryVIII. Other Notable WorksIX. Free AssociationX. Topographic ModelXI. Death of Freud’s FatherCurrent LectureVI. Timeline of Freud: 1890-1895a. Freud studies hysteria with Breuerb. Seduction theoryc. Project for a Scientific Psychologyd. Frau Emmy and Free associatione. Rejection of Seduction Theoryf. Topographic modelg. Freud’s father dies VII. Seduction Theorya. Freud notices that sex is a common event in symptoms of hysteriab. He thinks there is more under the surface in relation to a precocious sexual event (ex. confused by one’s arousal after seeing their parents have sex)c. Freud’s reasons for rejecting seduction theoryi. People often changed details of the storyii. Disconfirming evidence (i.e. character in story out of country during time of altercation)iii. Freud thought the rate of child molestation he was hearing from his patients couldn’t possibly have happened (probably a result of his small sample size)iv. Freud doesn’t feel comfortable pursuing evidence out of fear of colleague disapprovalVIII. Other Notable Worksa. Project for a Scientific Psychologyi. Freud noticed that things in the mind produce physiological symptomsThese 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.ii. He wanted to isolate a person’s mentalityiii. Developed many trial theories with Fliess and tested themIX. Free Associationa. Free association: Freud’s approach with hysteric patients of listening, understanding, and connecting their stories to what Freud knows to be true about themb. Freud’s discovery of Free associationi. Frau Emmy was one of Freud’s first hysteric patientsii. At first meeting Frau told him not to say anything, so Freud just listenediii. By not talking, Freud realized he could truly listen/understand patientiv. Freud developed methods to increase his ability to listen and the patient’s honesty1. Patient lays on couch facing away from him so neither one could reach the other’s face- - patient would often lose self in story and forget he was there2. Freud focused on patient’s tone of voice, pace of story, and content of story3. He truly tried to understand the patientc. Freud developed Psychoanalytic theory through free associationX. Topographic Modela. Divides the mental apparatus into three systems: conscious, pre-conscious, and unconsciousb. Systems are not anatomical structures but rather mental processesc. Conscious- aware of perceptions from outside world or from within selfd. Preconscious- mental events, processes, and contents that can be brought into conscious awareness by focusing attentione. Unconscious- mental contents are kept from conscious awareness through repressionXI. Death of Freud’s Fathera. Freud had disturbing dreams and periods of depressionb. Prompted Freud to do “self-analysis” of his dreams/childhood memoriesc. His explorations resulted in hostility towards his father and jealousy over his mother’s affectionsfor him- - - led to fundamental revision of his Seduction Theoryd. He said childhood sexual scenarios, whether real or imagined, became pathogenic only when acting as repressed memories formulation of Oedipus
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