PSYCH 115 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Otto F. Kernberg, Melanie Klein, Carl Jung
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Emphasized influence of the ego in defining behavior. Emphasized how children begin to interpret and incorporate objects into defining who they are and developing their personality. Objects: significant others and their images, emotions. De-emphasized the sexual core of freud"s theory. Things we have learned throughout history have become involved in our genetics and are passed down. Focused on feelings of inferiority , invented inferiority. Felt that everyone felt inferior and in turn they invented striving for superiority due to their underlying complex. Inferiority motivated people to improve or move on and cover up inadequacies. Unearth the hidden intrapsychic conflicts looking at the underlying cause in order to treat the cause and therefore cure the symptoms one is experiencing. Free association: recalling whatever first comes to mind. If you are able to say what comes to mind right off the bat then it might be an indication of what is going on in the unconscious mind.
