PSYC 2600 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Projective Test, Repetition Compulsion, Psychoanalysis
11 Apr 2018
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Psychoanalysis is also a method of psychotherapy a method of deliberately restructuring personality. Goal is to make the unconscious conscious: first, identify unconscious thoughts and feelings, second, enable the person to deal with it realistically and maturely. Free association: client is encouraged to let mind wander and is encouraged to say whatever comes to mind. Dream analysis: interpretation of content of dreams to uncover the unacceptable urges and impulses: manifest content: what actually happens in dream, latent content: what the elements of dream represent. Projective techniques: people project personalities & unconscious thoughts on ambiguous stimuli (inkblot) Psychoanalyst offers interpretations of psychodynamic causes of problems. Through many interpretations, the patient gains insight an understanding of the unconscious source of problems. Laid foundation for topics/questions that psychologists still interested in today (personality development, structure of personality, importance of unconscious) Psychoanalysis has had major impact on psychology, psychiatry, as well as on western thought and culture.
