Carl McCoy

Psychoanalytical focuses mainly on the characters and what is going on internally and what their motivations are. It can also seek to understand the mind or intentions of the author. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, presents a Psychoanalytical criticism outlook when reading all of the story. Huxley creates his own desires by writing the story this way so we are able to use psychoanalytical criticism when reading. Each individual character in this story has their own thoughts about the society…

Analysis of “The Lottery” and “The Cask of Amontillado” Psychoanalytic theory is based on Freud’s idea that we can realise what does person’s thinks and feels if we look at what he or she perceives in his mind (Psychoanalytic Criticism (1930's-present)). Moreover, it follows that by analysing one of the author’s characters we are really analysing the author itself. We do not need to believe this as a whole. We believe based on experience and on some Psychological theories, that the main…

the instinctive mind of primitive man. He believed that as well as we are submerged in nature we are unconscious. In his theory people live in the security of instincts which knows no troubles. As he said "there are no problems without consciousness"(Carl Jung. The portable Jung. p.84) based on this we can reformulate that if there are no problems it's unconsciousness. Jung believes that the mental in general along with personal and collective consciousness includes also the personal and…

This essay aims at delineating Dr. Mok case, and could be divided into four sections. Firstly, appraisal theory of stress and multi-store model would be compared and contrasted regarding the case of guest speaker. Secondly, strengths and weaknesses of the two psychological theories on illustrating Dr. Mok would be explained. Besides, personal life experience and professional practice in applying psychological theories would be reflected. Both the model of memory storage and the appraisal…

psyche of an individual was among the most important part of Jung’s legacy. He interpreted that psyche is a self-regulating system where it operates through the principle of opposite meanwhile constantly striving for growth (Raya, 2013). The theory of Carl Jung describes the psyche through three component parts. His concepts of the psyche can be broken down as conscious ego, personal unconscious and the collective unconscious. According to Jung, conscious ego is the center of the field of…

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator personality assessment is a psychometric questionnaire that helps individuals discover their personality or psychological type. After answering a series of questions, the results are compiled to determine if the person is sensing (S) or intuitive (I) , thinking (T) or feeling (F), introverted (I) or extroverted (E), judging (J) or perceiving (P). With the fore mentioned possible trait combinations, there are sixteen personality types possible. The test concluded…

Astrology is now classified as pseudoscience yet people continue to adhere to old traditions. Many people still believe that a meticulously calculated birth chart holds all the secrets to their life. Astrology dictates that the placement of planets shape our destiny, whether it be good or bad. There is no way out of it, besides mantras, yogas, and sacrifice. You can only alleviate not resolve. “Placement of celestial objects” holds no ultimate authority of one 's future. It is a misconception…

Carl Jung was a Swiss psychiatrist who established the body of analytical psychology. He stated that every person has several personalities within oneself. Basically, we can look at one’s personality from four different categories, persona, shadow, anima/animus and archetypes. The easiest to recognize is persona. Persona is a social mask that we all show to the public. We change the roles in different situations in society. For instance, a student acts as an attentive respectful person who…

Breaking into and out of the Blues: The Universal Neuroses of Mankind in Sonny’s Blues by James Baldwin In Sonny’s Blues, James Baldwin illustrates what Sigmund Freud might call the “universal neurosis of mankind.” It is also the story of overcoming the silence caused by that neuroses, which for Freud, is deeply rooted in the history of human conflict. Baldwin’s story gives the reader an intimate look at the reciprocal nature of societal repression and the way in which people express that…

This week’s myth was on research showing that dreams have symbolic meaning. This psychological belief goes all the way back to Freud, who stated that dream interpretation was not universal, even though he treated it like it was. I was most surprised to learn that this belief actually stems from the late 1800s to the early 1900s. I knew it wasn’t a new belief, but I did not know that belief was over a hundred years old. This myth has persisted because we believe in a subconscious self, and we…