Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I. ChildhoodII. College YearsIII. Early WorkIV. Mesmer, CharcotV. Joseph BreuerVI. Timeline of Freud: 1890-1895Outline of Current Lecture VII. Topographic ModelVIII. 1900: Interpretation of DreamsIX. 1905: Theory of SexualityCurrent LectureVII. Topographic Modela. Divides the mental apparatus into three systems: conscious, pre-conscious, and unconsciousb. Systems are not physical structures but rather functional parts of brainc. Unconscious- things we aren’t aware ofi. Full of psychic energyii. Force that drives thingsiii. Primitive urgesd. Conscious- intentional thought; uses thinking & secondaryi. Interface with realitye. Preconscious- things you aren’t aware of but could potentially become aware of repressed memories)f. Intolerable impulses must be kept out of awareness through repressiong. Repression is circumvented byi. Symptomsii. Parapraxis: Freudian slip, “motivated error” – determinism: no such thing as an accidentiii. Jokes- express forbidden urges in an okay wayiv. Dreams- “royal road into the unconscious”VIII. 1900: Interpretation of Dreamsa. Postulates that dreams are functionalb. “Protected” from our urgesc. A dream is a wish being fulfilledd. Dream work- taking the wish and turning it around so it’s disguisedi. Condensation and over determinationii. Displacement- “taking it out on someone/something else”iii. Undoing- symbolically making something not happen PSYC 330 1st Editioniv. Reaction formation- taking the opposite impulse (ex. acting disinterested in someone you like)e. Manifest- what happenedf. Latent- hidden meaningg. Carl Jung and Freud become friends- group of young physicians- “society of the ring”IX. 1905: Theory of Sexualitya. Three essays on Theory of Sexualityi. Normal human development and what happens when it goes wrongii. All psychic energy is libido1. Libido: pleasure, sexual drive2. An instinct which gets transformed across development3. Libido would not meet today’s definition of “instinct”4. Understood to mean “sexual”, “sensual”, or “life energy” (i.e. Eros)b. Libido Theoryi. Development of sexuality parallels development of neurosisii. Received wisdom suggested that sexual instincts emerge during pubertyiii. Freud suggests immature versions of sexual urges that are present at birth, divorced from objects (maturity= fusion of impulse/object)iv. Neurosis is the inverse of perversionv. We are all born polymorphous perverse (all over the place)vi. Transformed in developmental changesvii. Object choices (cathexis) are determined by libido transformationsviii. Libido can be repressed, sublimated, gratified, or a reaction formationix. Character is built on handling of libidox. Neurosis is fixation or regressionc. Libido transformationi. Oral stage- 1st year of life1. Mouth= erogenous zone2. Major link to mother, nurturance3. How you try to control the world4. Variation in oral experience leads to expectations about
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