Psychoanalysis

Lord of the Flies by William Golding tells a story about a group of boys that get stranded on a deserted island. However, Golding uses his characters, setting, and other tools to convey a much deeper story; the story of human nature. His three main characters Jack, Ralph, and Piggy are symbols for the three parts of the human psyche. These components of our mind are called the Id, Ego, and Superego, and together they control our thoughts and behavior. They are a part of psychologist Sigmund…

The ideas of psychoanalytic perspective were developed by Sigmund Freud. This perspective perceives dreams as an expression of one 's own unconscious wishes and desires. The material of the dream, or the manifest content, is understood and explained through various symbols, or the latent content. Freud 's perspective states that the latent content of dreams express the unfiltered and true unconscious ideas, which could be considered as too explicit for the regular mind. The psychoanalytic view…

I believe that personality is a trait that determines who you are as a person. Many Psychology theorists such as Dr. Sigmund Freud, Dr. Carl Jung, Alfred Adler, Raymond B. Cattell and Hans J. Eysenck, Karen Horney, and David Buss believe that support my argument for the personality theory. But theorists like Gordon Allport and Erik Erikson did not support my argument. Their concepts have shaped my view of personality development into what it is today. But based on their theories and my personal…

Theories of Dreaming In the fifth chapter of our textbook Psychology: Themes and Variations, Weiten discusses various topics of consciousness; one of which includes the world of dreams. He begins with the contents of dreams and goes into different areas of what the unconscious mind dreams. There are common themes that were reported in a study from college students. Weiten brings up that our dreams are influenced by what is happening in our day to day lives, or by different stimuli that would be…

Poe’s The Spectacles exists in stark contrast to Freud’s explanation of the meaning of uncanniness in The Uncanny. Freud attempts to illustrate the meaning of the word ‘uncanny’ through several methods. If, he reasons, he is able to come to the same conclusion as to what the word means in both instances, he has found the meaning. He describes the word as something that is both familiar and unfamiliar instantaneously. That an object to one seems so familiar but is slightly different evokes a…

Cultural Competence Art therapy is applicable to diverse groups such as the LGBTQ community. Art therapy has been used as a treatment intervention for LGBT clients that are going through the coming out process. Research states that many of the emotional and physical risk factors for LGBT individuals are most prominent during the process of coming out (Sweet & Sherry, 2008). Therapists that work with LGBTQ clients are able to utilize art therapy to explore issues such as sexual identity, bigotry…

Psychodromatic Perspective is the place an expansive number of expressions from our step by step life begin from. The originator of investigation, Sigmund Freud, elucidated the human identity as like an ice sheet, with only a little measure of it being discernible, that is our unmistakable behavior, on the other hand it is the unaware, submerged identity that has the most, shrouded effect on our behavior. Freud used three essential frameworks for getting to the negligent identity: free alliance,…

The Jung Typology Test is designed to identify a person’s personality type. After completing the test, I found that I was categorized as an INFJ. Before starting the test I could have easily predicted I would be classified as an introvert. I also knew I would score high in the feeling category. I decided to do a little further research on my personality type to see how accurate these results were, and what exactly they meant. INFJ is also called “The Advocate” personality type. This…

The book “The Unheard Cry for Meaning: Psychotherapy and Humanism” by Viktor Frankl is a book focusing on the personality of people and the different functions and potentials that individuals have. In the first reading, he discussed defense mechanisms and it was fascinating because unknowingly these mechanisms affect our everyday interactions and personalities. Defense mechanisms are a part of who we are and sometimes that is good and bad. This made me reflect on my own defense mechanisms…

Introduction: In the mid-18th century, the way childhood was seen has changed considerably. Before the mid-18th century, Puritans believed, that humans are born sinful. They also believed that childhood was a critical period and that children literature must influence and be constructive so that to safe children’s souls. That’s why literature played an important role by providing role models. The religious way of thinking about childhood had become less influential by the mid-18th century. The…