PSYC 2130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ernst Kris, Human Sexuality, Indian Anna

• School: York University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 2130
• Professor: Frank Marchese

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Spielrein"s drive conflict theory p 4: her drive conflict theory states that the self preservation drive protects the individuals personal survival and the species reproduction drive presses for continuance of the species through procreative acts. They are 2 competing drives: she states no change can take place without destruction of the former (identity) condition. Who is "breuer"? pp 12 & 13: senior author of studies on hysteria, first to make use of the psychoanalytic procedure on anna o . J breuer 1880"s, implied psychoanalytic treatment, 15 years before freud entered the scene. He was greatly influenced by the success of anna o who was treated. Freud and breuer were good friends and colleagues: breuer made the cathartic method. Catharsis is the process of releasing and providing relief (emotional release) from strong or repressed emotion (in the subconscious). The memory of the event (it"s painful) & the emotion associated with that event is expressed in this treatment.