Anna Freud

Jacques Lacan has developed the concepts the symbolic, real and imaginary order. This triad is extension of Freud’s triad of id, ego and super ego. But unlike Freud his interpretations are much wider in scope and dimensions. Human behavior in all societies can be investigated in the light of symbolic, real and imaginary order. Existence of symbolic order leads to the creation of undeclared constitution of what is considered a socially acceptable behavior and what not. How the characters in the…

Bergson: Time, Memory and Modernism Bodhisattva Chattopadhyay Henri Bergson (1859 – 1941) was a French philosopher whose philosophy had a marked influence on later 19th century poetry and also on 20th century modernist thought. In my presentation, I will outline in brief Bergson’s key philosophical thoughts and how they influenced modernist literature. Bergson maintained that in animals, evolution caused a division between the instinct and the intellect. Although the two are not exclusive of…

For this applied theory paper, I used Karen Horney’s Psychoanalytic Social Theory and chose Black Swan as the movie which I will critique with Horney’s theory. The character I chose to observe was the main character Nina Sayers. As I analyzed her I noticed two neurotic needs which I focused on and these neurotic needs were the neurotic need for perfection and unassailability and the neurotic need for self-sufficiency and independence (Horney, 1942). In the first neurotic need, “Neurotics strive…

doing various activities such as walking, sleeping or even watching a movie? And do individuals really aware of the surroundings while doing so? These questions can be answered by Freud’s Theory. Freud described the characteristics of mind’s structure and function using a topographical model. According to Freud, there are three stages of awareness in human mind such as conscious, subconscious and unconscious. The least region in Freud’s Theory is conscious. The function of conscious in human…

Sigmund Freud and Classical Psychoanalysis Background Sigmund Freud is the creator of Classical psychoanalysis. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939 (Cloninger, 2013). Freud’s work extended over the period of 45 years (Murdock, 2013). His work is considered to have an enormous influence on the profession of counseling throughout history of counseling and up until current counseling context (Murdock, 2013). Thus most of the theories major theories today about human behavior can be seen as…

Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determines the characteristics behavior and thought. Personality is also defined as the characteristics and behavior of a person that makes the person unique and different from other individuals. Personality identity defined through different views such as idiographic view and nomothetic view. Idiographic view assumes that each individual has a unique psychological structure and some characters are…

An ideal counselling relationship is one where the therapist is able to understand and connect with the patient's frame of mind while showing interest and providing warmth, without getting emotionally involved in the situation.(Schwebel, M et. al ,1959). From this, it can be gathered that a genuine sense of understanding and interest is important for the success of a counselling relationship. Rogers C.(1967) states that genuineness, warmth , empathy and unconditional positive regard are a few…

My world is called Dreamtopia. It is called this because dream means, an unrealistic fantasy, and the suffix –topia means, landscapes. So together Dreamtopia means, an unrealistic fantasy landscape, which is just what my world is. In Dreamtopia there anything you can imagine and you can have anything you want, that is what makes it unrealistic. As I continue I will tell you about the rules, rulers, weather, technology, and a few other facts about this world. The rules for Dreamtopia are: always…

Introduction : Piaget’s, Vygotsky, Bruner and Erickson’s focused about the theory human development. Piaget wrote about the psychology and focus in age for the child but the Erickson’s focus in psychosocial development theory. It has eight stage’s which are trust vs mistrust, autonomy vs doubt, initiative vs guilt, industry vs inferiority, identity vs role confusion, intimacy vs isolation, generativity vs self-absorption and integrity vs despair. In this report I will description of the…

In Kendra Cherry’s article titled Dream Interpretation: What Do Dreams Mean she explores the varying theories behind what meanings dreams could possibly have and their interpretation according to experts in the field of psychology and cognitive studies. Cherry being a psychologist, supports the theory that it is likely dreams have a subconscious meaning. Many people share the belief their dreams have some sort of unknown meaning or an underlying message while others are skeptical. Some claim…