Anna Freud

Introduction In order to explain psychological and social development Erik Erikson developed the Erikson theory which includes eight stages of psychosocial development. Each of these stages involves a crisis for whoever is developing (Swartz, de la Rey, Duncan & Townsend, 2011). This essay, however, will only focus on the fifth stage of psychosocial development. The fifth stage it is called “Identity vs Confusion” and is the stage which adolescents go through (Swartz et al., 2011). Through the…

When literary works such as novels, poetry, drama and short stories are meticulously intended to appreciate or evaluate the work, this makes the researchers cannot be separated from the characters and characterizations that contained in the literary work. Just as humans, these fictional figures also show behavior associated with psychology. Even in some literary works of fictional figures depicted deviate from normal human behavior. It works with stories like this are only analyzed as literary…

Maslow's concept of motivation Abraham Maslow (1908 - 1970) was a psychology professor who founded the Humanistic Psychology field. In 1943 he published a paper called "A theory of Human Motivation" in which he first supplied his hierarchy of needs idea. Maslow grouped human needs into 5 classes... * Physiological desires are the simple factors the human frame needs to survive. those are food, water, and sleep. * protection desires are the objects a person wishes to sense safe from physical or…

Body Behaviourism came about in response to psychoanalysis Freud, Erikson and Jung. Behaviourists thoughts were that psychology should focus on observable, measureable, external processes instead of internal processes in order for psychology to be a science. Bandura Social Learning theory falls somewhere between Freud’s Internal processes, introspection and Skinners external, observational behaviours, conditioning because social learning theory emphasizes both internal and external processes.…

SERIES NO: STRUCTURALISM FUNCTIONALISM 1. Definition: It was the first school of psychology which focused on the breaking down of mental processes into basic components. They used the method of Introspection. It studies the elements of consciousness. Definition: Functionalism basically considers mental life and behavior in terms of a person’s environment. It was the study of the function rather than the structure of consciousness. It studies how the consciousness changes according to…

It is an attempt used by the ego to keep undesirable or painful thoughts id impulses from reaching consciousness. Repression occurs entirely on an unconscious level which involves preventing unpleasant experiences that are repulsive to the ego from reaching consciousness. Although it is assumed that most of the painful event from the first five years of live are suppressed they tend to have a big influence in behaviour at the later stage. The person is also not in control of the repressed…

One of the most influential studies about incest is found in Claude Lévi-Strauss’ The Elementary Structures of Kinship, where the anthropological aspect of incest is discussed. Although this paper’s analysis is focused on Lacan’s psychoanalytical theory of desire, Lévi-Strauss theory of the structures of kinship has been used in almost every discussion about incest; therefore it should be explained before moving farther with this paper. Lévi-Strauss establishes the structures of kinship, which…

Mind Control Imagine having the most private part of yourself being controlled by someone else; your thoughts, emotions and movements. Such act is referred to mind controlling or brainwashing. This performance can occur on volunteers or on people who are not expecting it. Mind control is a realistic idea that could very well take place in the future. With the help of technology and unbelievable devices, this may be able happen sooner that anyone could expect. Mind control takes over the ability…

Man’s Search for Meaning Victor Frankl’s book is one of the most important works in the 20th century psychology. Frankl was Austrian-Jewish psychotherapist, who worked in the beginning of the century with the famouse psychologists Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler. His own ideas had insignificant impact on the neuro science and philosophy. In the books preface he speculates about the reasons for human to live, for the meaning of our lives and things important for every human being. He presents…

Surrealism began in the 20th century in Europe, known to be the most influential movement finding its roots from the era of Dadaism and Cubism (The Art Story, Web.). As Surrealism came nearly after World War I and World War II, artists decided to recreate the destruction left behind turning into a fantasy. Fantasy: the imagination above the reality of life, which was illustrated as art. The combination of the two eras led to the creation of an art form that was unknown and out of the art world.…