PSY311H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Psychopathology, Protective Factor, Psychopathy
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So we want to see/understand key events that play this role. Neuroses (psychological difficulty, lack of adjustment) are only acquired during early childhood even thought symptoms may not appear until much later: neuroses are not severe like psychosis, but they are mental disturbances. People who are neurotic worry excessively (i. e. , leaving the home and worrying if you left the stove on or not): neuroses are acquired during early childhood experiences. The child is psychologically father to the man. If you"re a child"s parent, you are a precursor to the child (since you came first, and the child is the offspring). But, freud has turned this idea around and said that within the same individual, there will be that type n continuity within the child and adult when he grows up. In other words, what happens in childhood is very important within the individual. One can work backwards to reconstruct childhood experiences or forward to predict future adult psychopathy.
