The psychoanalytic theory was developed by a European physician named Sigmund Freud. Freud’s theory formed the basis for the psychoanalytic perspective, a therapy that helps better understand psychological disorders. The goal of psychoanalysis is to cure patients of their serious mental diseases (such as hysteria or amnesia) by helping them to recall past experiences, dreams, and hallucinations that were thought to be causing problems. In the early 1900s, a patient getting psychoanalytically treated for an anger disorder would attend sessions of therapy. During those sessions the patient would be asked to discuss feelings, thoughts, and memories in which they felt angry or were the cause of some anger. In remembering these negative feelings,
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Developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology emphasizes human potential and takes a more positive view of the human nature. During the mid-1900s, an individual with an anger disorder would attend therapy sessions with a psychoanalyst. Instead of asking questions about the patient’s past, the psychoanalyst would approach the client with positive energy and humanistic therapy techniques. Humanistic therapists would invoke conversations about the client’s ambitions, passions, and desires in efforts to absolve the anger and replace it with positive …show more content…
Culture is the shared knowledge, values, beliefs, and experiences of a group of people. Therefore, cultural psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral inclinations in civilization. Cultural psychologists study social practices, and how those practices effect the development of cognitive processes of the human brain. A patient with an anger disorder might visit a cultural psychologist to discuss the rationale of the issue. By looking at everything from mannerisms and age, to occupation and religion, a cultural psychologist could help understand the source of the patient’s anger and make the patient more conscious of
Developed by psychologists Abraham Maslow and Carl Rogers, humanistic psychology emphasizes human potential and takes a more positive view of the human nature. During the mid-1900s, an individual with an anger disorder would attend therapy sessions with a psychoanalyst. Instead of asking questions about the patient’s past, the psychoanalyst would approach the client with positive energy and humanistic therapy techniques. Humanistic therapists would invoke conversations about the client’s ambitions, passions, and desires in efforts to absolve the anger and replace it with positive …show more content…
Culture is the shared knowledge, values, beliefs, and experiences of a group of people. Therefore, cultural psychology is the study of psychological and behavioral inclinations in civilization. Cultural psychologists study social practices, and how those practices effect the development of cognitive processes of the human brain. A patient with an anger disorder might visit a cultural psychologist to discuss the rationale of the issue. By looking at everything from mannerisms and age, to occupation and religion, a cultural psychologist could help understand the source of the patient’s anger and make the patient more conscious of