Collective unconscious

understand the extraordinarily strong feeling of something uncanny that pervades the conception.” (Freud 235) Not everything that is related to the notion of a “double” brings the uncanniness – only those memories and feelings that come from the Unconscious, from repressed. (Freud…

Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory of development vs Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory of development Erik Erikson's psychosocial theory and Sigmund Freud's psychosexual theory are two famous theories of human development. While he was affected by Freud's ideas, Erikson's theory differed in a number of important ways. Like Freud, Erikson believed that personality develops in a series of predetermined stages. Unlike Freud’s theory of psychosexual stages, Erikson’s…

At this juncture, we can understand that the uncanny is a part of an individual’s unconscious mind. According to Freud, the return of the repressed is an appropriate example of the manifestation of the uncanny which often appears in a shocking mood. Basically, it is this manifestation of the repressed horrors of slavery that leads Sethe…

The book “Please Understand Me II” has the Keirsey Temperament Sorter II questionnaire that examines the personality types of certain people. The questionnaire is a simple version of the famous Myers-Briggs intelligence test. The Myers-Briggs intelligence test is based on the research by Carl Jung, the psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology. Carl Jung’s goal was to describe how people act in certain situations. The Keirsey Temperament Sorter II questionnaire includes seventy…

What really is conspicuous consumption? And does everyone in the world do it? The article we read about Veblen and Bourdieu and their views of conspicuous consumption states, “Veblen argues that consumers from all social classes, even the ambitious middle class, are not necessarily consciously trying to conspicuously consume” (p. 108, paragraph 1). What is conspicuous consumption though? Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines conspicuous consumption: “the act or practice of spending money on…

people to believe that dreams indicated a person’s mental and physical health. There are so many theories, so what is the real reason why dreams occur? There are three main theories on why dreams happen. Sigmund Freud proposed that a person’s unconscious desires controlled dreams, Carl Jung theorized…

entire life was influenced by trying to find ways of uncovering forms and processes of personality (Mcleod, 2013). Freud had many different theories. The ones I think made the most impact are the interpretation of dreams, the case of Anno O, the unconscious mind, psychoanalysis, and personality theory. Freud’s father name was Jakob. His mother was Amalie Nathansohn. Freud had 2 older brothers. In 1873 Freud graduated…

for these methods to be convincing as therapy, one must first believe Freud on how the mind works, including his views concerning the id, ego, and superego, and repression, as well as the link between the physical symptoms of a patient and the unconscious desires and memories. So, it is very obvious that Freud 's views on the mind where absolutely vital in relation to his methods as a therapist. Bibliography The Essentials of Psycho-Analysis, Sigmund Freud, penguin books, 1986 Raymond E…

I believe that these books have taught me a lot about my life and why I’ve made some of the decisions that have had an impact on me. The first book was very hard to read at first. I struggled quite a bit trying to comprehend it, but once I figured out Wegner’s style of writing; I started to understand better. The second book was a lot easier to read, I honestly enjoyed both books because they gave me a different view on life and how things work. My mother and father are both in my life, but my…

the unconscious,” a famed psychologist once said (Sigmund Freud). Still, what is the meaning behind dreams? Some believe that dreams have certain meanings, some believe that dreams are some sort of wish fulfillment, but others believe that dreams are just random images from electrical activity going on in the brain. There are people who try to interpret dreams, called psychotherapists…