Psychology 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Mental Disorder, Mood Disorder, Oedipus Complex

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 1000
• Professor: Atkinson

Document Summary

Support freud: unconscious processing: priming effect, repression: memory lapses during therapy, lab studies on anxiety and recall: jacobs (1955) : identify emotional and neutral words, use in paired-associate task, Dement (1958): subjects made thirstywake them up during rem=> they dont dream about drinking. Mother"s brother is authority figure: anthropological evidence: freud suggests that development follows biology, therefore is. Malinowski (1927): oedipus complex not universal trobriand islangders: biological father not head of household he spends time with kids, but has no authority. No friction between sons and fathers hostility directed toward uncle. Whatever scientific answer, freud will remain being known: notion of internal unconscious conflict. Scope of theory: theory of humanity that covers biology, art, humor, the family . Strive for self-actualization (maslow"s hierarchy of need). when you are actually bad at it. Looking for self-consistency: no internal conflicts: can"t think that you are good at a. Carl rogers: the self organized, consistent set of belief and perceptions.