Essays on Psychoanalytic Theory

Ahmed, Sofe (2012). Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory Oedipus complex: A critical study with reference to D. H. Lawrence’s “Sons and Lovers”, Internal journal of English and literature Vol. 3(3), pp. 60-70.

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One of the most often argued critical and debatable questions of modern psychology and literature is definitely Sigmund Freud and his Oedipus complex. Introducing his theory in the field of modern psychology and literature trend, Freud initiated the confrontation of opinions. However, there exist a lot of other valuators, according to which, Freud’s concept of Oedipus complex should be treated with great respect. Outstanding ...

WHY MANY FEMALE ARCHITECTS CHOOSE TO REMAIN INVISIBLE WHEN OPERATING WITHIN A MALE-FEMALE ARCHITECTURAL PARTNERSHIP

In the architectural practice, the majority of the women architects have chosen to operate as invisible while operating within the male-female architectural partnership. The women are typically invisible based on leadership, academic success, and merit in practice. The paper will discuss the personal and professional reasons among the females to involve themselves in a male-female partnership. Some people argue that the women devote themselves in the partnerships for romance purpose. Furthermore, the historical timelines of the male-female partnerships will be useful in creating more understanding on the topic. Our argument will be based on those women that who have ...

Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Adler Alfred were influential thinkers and contributors to the discipline of psychology (Fairbairn, 2013). Despite the distinctions in theories and perspectives, the three philosophers spent their lives searching a better understanding of humans’ psychological frailties. Furthermore, they tried to identify different approached of bettering them. Specifically, Freud suggested that the development of a child proceeds through stages associated with one’s physical development, and the way crises are resolved in different stages shapes one’s adult personality (Smith, 2013). He named the stages after erogenous zones that are capable of experiencing pleasure from the ...

There are several theories that can be used to explain the antisocial behavior that shows the progression from juvenile to adult criminality. The subject can be said to be in connection to deviance, juvenile deviance, as well as criminal deviance. Deviance refers to certain behaviors that are contrary to social expectations or standards of conduct of a given society or a group. Juvenile deviance, on the other hand, refers to the antisocial behavior shown by the youths. These include the violation of juvenile laws as well as delinquent actions affecting the society and criminal acts. Lastly, criminal deviance can be explained ...

There are three grand theories providing theoretical framework for studying human development: psychoanalytic theory, behaviorism and cognitive theory.

The fundamental concepts of the psychoanalytic theory are the underlying forces (inner drives, mental and emotional processes, motives) shaping the personality, behavior, thinking, attitude, decision making, etc. Central to this theory, introduced by Sigmund Freud, is a point of view that a individual in his or her development passes through specific psychosexual stages: oral, anal, phallic, latent and genital. Ericson, who also contributed to the psychoanalytic theory, offered different classification of development stages. Each stage has its unique needs, motivation drivers, challenges and relationships. According to Freud, people act from three major states of the ...

1. What did Piaget mean when he said that the preoperational child "lacked conservation"?

Piaget meant that a child does not understand that the properties of an object remain constant even though the physical appearance may have changed. For example, 1L of water in a glass of a diameter of 5cm is equal to 1L of water in a glass whose diameter is 10cm even though they may have seen it being poured out of the same container into the glasses. A child lacks operations to manipulate the idea that the water’s properties are conserved and the amount is the same. Rather, he/ she will see that the water which rises higher in the glass is ...

Psychology refers to the scientific study of human and animal behavior. The word “psychology” derived from two Greek words psyche and logia. Psyche means breath, spirit and soul while logia means study of something. Medilexicon medical dictionary defines psychology as science and scholarly discipline concerned with the behavior of humans and animals, and related to physiological and mental processes. The complexity of the mind puts into question how psychologists study the mind and brain. Psychology, like other scientific disciplines experiments, to confirm or negate theories and expectations. The raw data for a psychologist is human or animal behavior. Psychologists ...

Response 1

In response 1, the student does try to explain how the author of the article approaches counseling. He is keen to note that the author somewhat adopts a holistic approach which incorporates a little bit of everything. However, Dr. Thomas does not necessarily adopt a holistic approach. Rather, he tends to employ different approaches in different settings. He observes “the approaches I employ include psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, Jungian and other humanistic approaches” (Thomas, 2008). The author does acknowledge that not a single approach can work for everyone but rather approaches should be tailor-made to suit the different people. The response fails to ...

In the Context of human and personality development, the role of psychoanalysis and psychoanalytic theories cannot be underrated. The psychoanalytic theory seeks to explain the personality of an individual by analyzing the various psychosexual stages involved during their personal development. Central to the theories of psychoanalytic are the efforts of Sigmund Fred who proposed that people mostly operates from three distinct states of being: the id which seeks self-gratification; the superego which seeks to do what is morally right; and the ego, the rational mediator between id and the superego (Fred, 2011). These theories are vital in defining the ...

Introduction

Theories by definition are guesses and conjunctures about a particular idea and the means to prove its validity, facts are presented to support the theory through research and practical applications. At certain point theories becomes the subject of debate when the underlying principles of the theory are challenged due to the weak spots and holes found in its context. Freud’s Psychoanalytic Theory is not so different from the rest of other theories that are in question due to their limitations. Psychoanalytic theory was built upon the perception that people exerts resistance when being enforced to be conscious of his ...

Sigmund Freud, commonly known as the father of psychoanalysis, was one of the most famous thinkers of the Twentieth Century. The importance he gave to those maladies that modern medicine could not cure embarked him on a path that allowed him to propose a new way of dealing with human suffering. While many people have criticized his theories, almost to the point where nobody actually practices psychoanalysis the way Freud intended, his thought remains a milestone in psychological studies and Western civilization in general. Due to these deformations, only texts by Freud will be used, with the purpose of studying what the ...

Ashford University

The theories of Jeremy Bentham and Sigmund Freud explained many societal phenomena. Every theory strongly applies on Skills and Techniques, Communication, Basic Problem-Solving, Ethnic Diversity, and Establishing and Using the Helping Relationship. The psychoanalytic theory is initially laid out by renowned philosopher Sigmund Freud in the nineteenth century. Freud advanced the recognition of childhood happenings that could possibly influence on the mental functioning of grownups. Psychoanalytic theoreticians do not trust in free will but trust that human conduct is deterministic. It proposes that human beings have both aggressive and sexual drives. The psychoanalytic theory provides a basis for therapeutic treatment ...

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Introduction

Each individual has peculiar traits and characteristics that differ from other individual. These differences are unique and refer to as the individual’s personality. In our daily lives, we tend to encounter individuals who are quiet and reserved; other individual prefers to sit in the corner, while others like to become the center of the crowd, chatting with every individual in the party with full confidence. This varying traits and behaviors of an individual are best explained by renowned theories that will potentially help one why a person is behaving a certain ...

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Introduction Psychodynamics is an approach to Psychology that systematically analyzes human behavior and studies the forces that drive behavior (WebMD, 2006). Therapists attempt to understand the personality of patients and help them deal with their problems. The Psychodynamic model is one of the first models to be used for analysis of personality. Psychoanalytical approach was first developed by Sigmund Freud (1856–1939). This approach to treatment is non intensive and includes no more than three to five sessions a week. It is based on the principle that an individual shows abnormal behavior when he is engaged in a conflict with ...

The psychoanalytic theory elaborates the functioning of the human being with a large emphasis on the effect the psyche (personality) on the physical body. Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis is underpinned by the notion that a human being is always in conflict between the demand or the society and the drives emanating from his psyche. The psyche or personality of a person is made up of three distinct aspects namely, the id, ego, and superego. These aspects of a human personality accord to him some level of dynamism that is as a result of motivation, anxiety, defense mechanism, dreams and parapraxes (Bornstein, 2010). ...

In psychology, there are different psychological theories that have been proposed, researched and augmented by solid research. They provide the theoretical foundation of psychological phenomena. Psychology is anchored on five paradigms namely biogenic, psychoanalytic, behaviorist, humanist and cognitive. In this paper, the psychoanalytic paradigm is the center of focus. In essence, the paper highlights the life of the offender, Dennis Rader through the lenses of psychoanalytic paradigm. Dennis’s criminal behavior is accounted for by psychoanalytic paradigm. Psychology’s principal goal is to have a clear comprehension of individuals and groups, and the explanation of different phenomena. Psychological principles ...

Sex education is a contentious issue that emanates from the ideological personal-political divide of sex and sexuality. As a form of state intervention, sex education emanates from policies that encourage schools to include it in their respective curricula. Understandably, sex education in the foregoing regard has cause considerable tensions from various sectors of society, particularly those with conservative ideologies such as religious and certain civil society groups. Yet, in the quest of state actors to pursue certain policy goals such as mitigating overpopulation, reducing cases of rape and sexual harassment, preventing the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases and overcoming other sensitive issues ...

Introduction

The book, the glass menagerie, is an interesting read that encompasses and represents the lives of human beings who are torn between the world of reality and of fantasy. Therefore, it becomes imperative to discuss the storyline of the book and its connection to psychological theories. The book is filled with puzzling events that are more symbolic than real happenings. Just like the title describes it, the glass menagerie is a fanciful and fragile world in which the book’s characters live in. the book centers around three characters, namely, Tom, Jim, Amanda and Laura. Each of these characters is ...

Psychoanalytic theory was developed Freud Sigmund. He asserts that personality and behavior of a person develops through the constant interaction that operate in three different levels the person is aware. The three levels of awareness include unconscious, preconscious and conscious. Psychoanalytic theory is the first theory to talk about personality. Psychoanalysis is the practice of psychiatry. The theory had many controversies and it influenced many societies around the world through different disciplines. The ideas of Freud did not only influence the discipline of psychology but it also had profound impact on film theory, art, cultural studies, philosophy and history. The ...

Teen Pregnancy

American society is facing many problems; among them one major problem is teenage pregnancy. In the America about 75,000 girls of the ages 15-19 become pregnant every year (Kost and Henshaw). Among them, about 82% of the pregnancies are, however, unplanned (Frost). Further, the psychological effects of such pregnancies can be severe. Most of these psychological effects are cyclical as well as related. This can be justified by the fact that in the population living in lower socioeconomic class set-up, they are less concerned about becoming pregnant in the teenage. This is because they are trapped in the ...

Instruction

Individuals exist in a culture that is reliant on social relations whether with the outside community or close family structure. Individual personality and behavior mirrors who we are as persons. Our behavior and personality are factors that can be viewed to be beyond our control and psychologists have taken quite some time to study how people behave and the reasons for the divergent behavior in human being. This paper shall seek to analyze the character of Jenny Curran from the movie Forrest Gump using the personality theories of psychoanalytic and traits. Jenny Curran, though not a chief character, is very influential ...

Abstract

This paper covers the debated topic on the psychological theorists – Sigmund Freud and B. F. Skinner – and discusses their theories. Additionally, this paper takes the opinion that considering the review of the behaviorism and psychoanalytic theories, B. F. Skinner best describes the psychological approach of understanding human behavior. Therefore, he could have served as a better therapist for depression patients. Psychology, like other disciplines such as philosophy and theology has been subjected to several and constant controversy that has always encompassed several divergent philosophies, ideas, and perspectives. In philosophy, people belonging to a specific school of thought would seek to ...

The general description of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is through his famous analogy of the personality to an iceberg. According to Freud, comparing the mind to an iceberg, as shown in the visual representation below, the apex of the iceberg is considered the conscious level; the middle portion or the pre-conscious level as the readily accessible awareness facet; and finally, the unconscious level is depicted down below as inaccessible and hidden (Rana par. 5). As such, Freud identified three levels of consciousness: the conscious, unconscious, and the preconscious. The conscious level is aptly describe as the most evident ...

Decision-making Theories

Decision-making can be considered the result of cognitive processes that lead to the selection of a course of action from various alternatives (Gori et al. 2011). In this regard, this paper provides examples of decision-making processes based on the hypothetico-deductive theory, the psychoanalytic theory, and social identity theory (cite textbook). These examples will also be based on personal experiences.

Hypothetico-deductive Theory/ Rationalism

The hypothetico-deductive theory uses the scientific approach to decision-making, that is, the decision is based on logically developed theoretical knowledge (Jefford, Fahy and Sundin 2011). This is based on the philosophical schools of empiricism (i.e. trust in the five senses) and ...

Introduction to Cinema

Anneke Smelik has regarded that cinema can be considered as a cultural practice wherein there are mythologies regarding women and the female gender; as well as men and male gender, which depicted legends concerning sexual differences that have been created, fabricated and epitomized (Smelik, 1998, p. 7). Smelik has identified the sexual differences as major obstacles that have been defied by women’s rights movements. As a result, several female directors have emerged to create a better understanding on how films and movies strengthens the folklores on sexual difference, and how it was magnified by some film theorists who symbolized women as ...

The Big Bang Theory, a popular sitcom has characters that can be analyzed psychoanalytically. Sheldon Cooper is a condescending physicist with low self esteem and social skills but has great intellect with an IQ of 187. He has an awkward sense of cleanliness and has perfectionist tendencies. This character can be traced to his childhood according to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory to his domineering father and strict mother. The narcissistic behavior is a coping mechanism by Sheldon at forgetting his childhood. His perfectionism, arrogance and haughtiness, a sense of entitlement and the need to control are consistent with Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, a ...

Film studies

Introduction In the present day films are indentified through movie stars which has been successful in the past, sometimes it comes to certain genres. Singing in the rain, stardom and the famous music would be narrative based on singing. Genres are making a knowing statement about Hollywood and the importance of history and the state in 1950s and shows pros and cons of Hollywood throughout.

Nowadays, the films are based on conventional classification (for example, in the TV listings magazine) "thriller", "westerns" and so on and the genre in modern society, every adult familiar with the TV, so it ...

Blair Waldorf is one of the main characters of the TV series Gossip Girl (Von, 2003). The show revolves around the life of teenagers and the typical issues of that age; love, sex, and conflict. Belonging to an elite family of New York, Blair is known as the Queen Bee of Manhattan's social scene. However, her actions are under the constant scrutiny of an anonymous blogger; Gossip Girl. This person continues to update New York’s youth via the digital world of technology. These posts did not only expose the scandalous life of the elites, but it was also ...

Inquiry and Absolutes: Karl Popper and the ‘Poverty’ of Pseudo-Science

Karl Popper was notable for his criticism of Marx and Freud in that he regarded neither as having developed “testable” theories, a fact which neither could be considered scientific, he argued. In Popper’s view, theories that cannot be used predictively degenerate into the realm of “pseudo-scientific dogma” (Thornton, 2009), and it is this claim that helped define Popper as a decided opponent of relativism in all branches of science. It was his contention that Marx and Freud had turned to ad hoc hypotheses that do not belong in objective science. In Popper’s view, psychoanalysis and Marxism (as a socio-economic predictor) ...

Mirror stage is an important term in Jacques Lacan’s psychoanalytic theory. In his early works, in particular, in the report of the Fourteenth International Psychoanalytical Congress in Marienbad, Lacan considered the mirror stage as a phase in development of a child aged 6 to 18 months. Beginning from the 1950s, Lacan described the mirror stage not as a certain moment in the life of a child, but as a subjectivity structure or paradigm of Imaginary. There were several scientists who greatly contributed to the study of the mirror stage. Among them there is Jacques Lacan, who made this concept known to the public. ...

Introduction:

The individual nominated for this life-story interview is AJ. He is a family friend who was born in Alexandria in Egypt. He was born on the ninth day of November in the year 1956 thus making him 54 years old. He currently resides in Waterbury, CT with his wife of 19 years. He is also blessed with three children with whom He lives with: 16 years old, 12 years old, and 10 years old. However, unfortunately, he could have had four children since he lost a daughter at a tender age of 4 days and if she were alive today, she could ...

1.0 Introduction Personality can be defined as a set of organized and dynamic characteristics that reflects and determines how an individual reacts to his/her environment[ CITATION Tie93 \l 2057 ]. Normally, these set of organized and dynamic characteristics influences ones behaviors, motivation and cognition[ CITATION THu08 \l 1033 ]. Personality brings out the differences between individuals and a unique set of inner characteristic that each posses. Through the study of personality one can appreciate the fact that no two individuals are exactly identical e.g. one can be adventurous while the other is not. It is worth noting that personality can be enduring ...

Since the paper should be centered on the psychoanalytic theory, the introduction giving the biography of Sigmund Freud is potentially unnecessary. In the introduction, the writer should not have expounded the three levels of the brain according to Freud. The second paragraph talking about Plato breaks the follow of the paper that was initiated in the first paragraph. Moreover, the paragraphs have not been arranged chronologically. For instance, the paragraph under the subtopic ‘Ego’ should be placed immediately after the part under the sub topic ‘Id’. A large percentage of the paragraphs lack topic sentences. In addition, a lot of ...

Sigmund Freud was one of the most innovative and pioneering figures in the field of psychology, pioneering many of the basic principles and practices of the field that are still used to this day in one form or another. However, in order to fully understand where these concepts came from, it is vital to know more about Freud’s complex, intriguing and short life. The things he experienced and observed all form the basis and inspiration for many of his essential theories (psychoanalysis, Oedipus complex, and so on). In this essay, we will explore many of his more popular ...

Adlerian Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy

Since its development, psychoanalytic theory has undergone advancement. This is a theory of individuality that was coined together by Sigmund Fraud. The theory is involved with behavior and psychological functioning of and individual but it be applied to the society in general as well. This essay will be focusing on Adlerian Therapy and Cognitive Behavior Therapy as examples of psychoanalytic theory. This two can be easily compared and contrasted as they seem to work on the same background. Cognitive therapy was developed by Beck Aaron in the mid-20th century in America. This therapy is concerned with how moods are created ...

When psychologists discuss the term personality, they are describing the aspects of a person that are lasting, continuous, and stable. If one is violent now, the probability is high he or she will be violent in future. Therefore, the personality discussions are focussed on constant traits (DiCaprio, 1983). In addition, personality can be described as that trait that transpires in a broad diversity of situations (DiCaprio, 1983). A violent individual will be inclined to be so in many diverse conditions. Ryckman defines Personality “as a dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions, motivations, ...