Psychoanalytic Perspective: The Role Of Early Childhood Experiences

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According to Wood, Wood, and Boyd (2011), “Psychoanalytic perspective is the role of unconscious motivation and early childhood experiences in determining behavior and thought” (p. 13). An example of this with my father would be the times he remembers growing up with his father, was that he was always intoxicated. His father was murdered in front of his mother when he was a young boy. All he remembers from his father were the moments he was drunk. As stated in the book his unresolved early childhood emotional trauma is distracting him. Seeing his father drink all the time are the only memories he remember of them can explain thought and behavior by emphasizing the role of early experiences (class notes).
According to the class notes, “Cognitive

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