Unconscious Bias Essay

I was very curious if this was in fact true, so I did some researching. Psychology Today states, “Unconscious fear-related memories can remain totally hidden from your conscious mind, yet they still have the ability to dramatically affect everyday behavior and emotions.” I took this as fears that you have that you may or may not be fully aware of. They could be hidden in your unconscious mind and not be brought out into the conscious unless you or something provokes them. For example, in the…

Depression: It means being continually sad or unhappy. It is usually accompanied by lethargy and loss of appetite and sleep disturbances. The patient normally withdraws from his friends and becomes less social. Seligman (1973), said depression psychiatry "cold”, because of its diagnostic frequency. It is usually easy to see when someone is depressed What Are the Main Causes of Depression? Depression can occur due to a variety of reasons such as: • Abuse: Misuse, Past physical, sexual, or…

After looking a couple of articles, I chosen “Anorexia dreaming: A case study” because mentioned something that sometimes a lot of people do not take it in consideration, the power of your mind and how powerful your brain can be that we will create scenarios and imagines to give you an advise and help you to get out or wake you up from a difficult situation as is in this case of Anorexia. Does not matter what the therapist told this lady, the only person who she listen it herself. Background In…

6.5.1 Freudian Theory of Personality or Psychoanalytic Theory Sigmund Freud was noted for the job of his theory of human development. The concept was conceptualized by Freud himself. The work was begun by Freud in the 1880’s and by the end of 1890’s the theory worked more on the formal attributes within the formal stages. One huge concept underlying the Freudian theory is the subdivision of the human mind within three distinct categories. The components of mind include conscious, pre-conscious…

Logotherapy is a term derived from “logos,” a Greek word that translates as “meaning,” and therapy, which is defined as treatment of a condition, illness, or maladjustment. Logotherapy was developed by neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor Frankl. He, in his book man, search for meaning has outlined as for how his theory helped him to get through the time at Nazis concentration camps and how his this experience later developed and reinforced and strengthened his theories. This therapy not only…

Freudian or Neo-Freudian Psychoanalytic Social Theory is constructed on the idea that our culture and our social environment, such as childhood experiences, contribute in shaping our personality. Karen Horney is “one of the three most influential women in the history of psychoanalysis” (Funder, 2016). Horney’s theory gives a great definition of neurosis by allowing us to have a different view of a neurosis. During Horney’s clinical experience she addressed ten particular patterns of a neurotic…

Philosophical Journal #2 Chapter four is about Egoism, Altruism, and the Social Contract. Egoism is defined as someone who is primarily concerned with their own well-being. There are two kinds of Egoism, Descriptive Egoism and Psychological Egoism. Descriptive Egoism holds that people are basically self-centered or selfish; that is, people primarily pursue their own self-interest. This is true at birth, we are all born as a self-centered baby. We cry when we need something and we don’t…

“On Being Sane in Insane Places” by D.L. Rosenhan focuses on an experiment testing if sanity can be distinguished from insanity, how the labels of diagnoses stick, and depersonalization within the mental institutes. The experiment and the purpose of the experiment is set up in the first few paragraphs. The purpose of the experiment is to find if the sane are detectable within mental institutions. To test this they had eight pseudopatients get admitted into twelve different mental hospitals…

Sigmund Freud: He Puts the Psycho in Psychosexuality The human brain is one of the most cryptic and fascinating objects in existence. Although technology and research have allowed us to uncover the anatomical mysteries of the brain, that wasn’t enough for Sigmund Freud. Freud was fascinated with the dark and twisted side of the brain; in fact, he even created a theory about sexuality at a young age called the Psychosexual Development Theory. While Freud was considered a hero at the time for his…

Laura Mulvey is the author of “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. Where she uses psychoanalytic theories of Freud and Lacan, to critique Hollywood films. A very big argument that she pursues is Freud’s concept of “Scopophilia”. Which is defined as obtaining a sense of pleasure from observing someone else. Freud compares this to a form of sexual domination. Observing someone without their knowledge, is like possessing a kind of mastery over them. Mulvey takes this concept and compares is to…