PSYC 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Countertransference, Ethology, Little Albert Experiment
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Individual moulded by environment and conditioning-humans engage in learning, conditioning and impact of environment. Transference of trust and mistrust towards young in coming into being. He had to alter the ratio of mistrust and trust. How does one cope with stifling environment? (authoritative household) may develop perverted ways of independence. Spielberg in book early childhood experiences shaped her hysteria. Establishing security/trust, through transference she came to see young as authoritystarted to trust himher symptoms started to go away. Yung then engages in counter-transference, cause certain fantasizes in her. Spielberg was his first psychotherapist patient. ethology/psychoanalysis/imprinting- they all share power of drive to attach/connect/receive safety security and comfort. In therapy we see transference and countertransference e. modifications of instinct. 1. instinct may be activated by a goal-object, the idea of the object, or by related external objects or ideas. 3. several instincts may be initiated and resulting instinct is a blend of these.