What are Freudian Slips Freudian slips, or parapraxes as they are sometimes called, may take several forms: slips of the tongue, pen or word processor; bungled actions and blunders; or lapses in memory. According to the principle of psychic or … Continue reading →
What is Dream Analysis Pt2 In condensation, two or more images may be combined, the composite being invested with dual energy and meaning. A person may dream of an otherwise strange house containing his/her own bedroom, for example, or of a … Continue reading →
What is Dream Analysis There is also the often quoted proposition from Freud that, ” he interpretation of dreams is the royal road to a knowledge of the unconscious activities of the mind” (SE, V.608). Freud distinguished between two different … Continue reading →
What is Free Association Free association superseded hypnosis as Freud’s main therapeutic technique around 1895. Freud may have abandoned hypnosis on account of his perceptions that some patients could not be hypnotised to sufficient depth, that others could not be … Continue reading →
What is Psychological Disturbance Psychoanalysis considers neurosis to be due to failure or partial failure of the defence mechanisms. Id impulses break through, but are still distorted by counter-instinctual forces imparted by the ego and superego, accounting for the sometimes … Continue reading →
What are the Psychosexual Stages Pt4 Latency Period & Genital Stage The phallic stage is followed by the latency period – emphasised to be a period rather than a stage per se – taking place between approximately age six and … Continue reading →
What are the Psychosexual Stages Pt3 The Oedipus complex begins with the young boy’s incestuous attraction to his mother. Hostility develops towards his father, who is viewed as a rival for the mother’s affection. The boy then fears retaliation by … Continue reading →
What are the Psychosexual Stages Pt2 Oral Stage For approximately the first year of life, oral activity provides the primary means of gratification. The mouth is the centre of the infant’s experience and requires the most tension-reducing stimulation. This occurs, … Continue reading →
What are the Psychosexual Stages Instinct theory may also be illustrated with reference to the psychosexual stages of development proposed by Freud (sometimes termed his genetic or orthogenetic hypothesis). Three areas (erotogenic zones) of the body sensitive to sexual sensations … Continue reading →
What is the Instinct Theory Within the id, Freud proposed the existence of two basic instincts, relating to the themes of life and death. The more important of the two, especially in terms of personality development, is the life instinct … Continue reading →
