PSY230H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Freudian Slip, Psychoanalysis, Talking Cure
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What reveals the unconscious? parapraxis unintentional action that is caused by the leakage of unconscious impulses. Failing to recall something you needed to remember or do. Projective tests: present people with an ambiguous stimulus and ask them tell a story, identify objects or draw a picture. Based on assumption that people project unconscious thoughts, feelings or motivations onto the image. Rooted in the work of anton mesmer and charcot. Based on assumption that when in a hypnotic trance, the psychoanalyst can bypass the ego and get directly to the unconsc. Using the various techniques for revealing the unconscious, the psychoanalyst guides the client toward insight. Not just cognitive understanding, but the reintegration of repressed material into consciousness is accompanied by an in. But, this is not easy, as psychoanalyst probes, the client often feels threatened. Forces that worked to repress the material now work toward resistance. Defence mechanisms are being threatened by the psychoanalyst.
