PSYC 332 Chapter Notes -Psychosis, Scientific Method, Neurology
9 Dec 2011
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Personality chapter 3: a psychodynamic theory: freud"s psychoanalytic theory of. Behaviour is interpreted as a result of the dynamic interplay among motives, drives, needs and conflicts. Many contemporary scientists reject significant aspects of psychoanalytic theory. Freud: freud"s work has had an enormous impact on the intellectual life of our culture. Freud"s impact has been large primarily because his ideas were starling. They disrupted commonly accepted views of human nature and society: it is difficult to appreciate fully any other personality theories without first considering the strengths and limits of psychoanalysis. This is because most of the other theories were developed, at least in part, as a reaction against psychoanalytic theory. People perceived limitations in freud"s work and this inspired them to develop novel theories of their own: there are some topics that are central to human experience, that were addressed directly by. Freud, but that receive relatively little coverage in frameworks other than psychodynamic theory.
