Psychoanalysis

At the origin, ‘The Uncanny’ that Freud calls ‘Unheimlich’ in German, denotes anything or a situation that is unfamiliar, uncomfortable, gloomy, dismal or ghastly. In this case ‘the uncanny’ which is understood as ‘unfamiliar’ appears opposed to the ‘familiar’ that Freud terms ‘heimlich’ in German to denote the existence of anything or situation which bears the qualities of intimacy to render a person feel comfortable (p.196). From the concept ‘Unheimlich’, Freud signifies the presence of…

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…

Describe the counselling skill of empathy and expand on how offering empathy in the therapeutic process and helps a client change. In the context of counselling, empathy is being in and completely understand the emotional landscape of the client as if it were your own and communicating this understanding to them. There are multiple types of empathy such as basic, advanced, invitational and preparatory that can be used to bring notice to a clients feelings. Offering empathy during the therapeutic…

Erik Erikson’s psychosocial theory was one that focused on the psychosocial stages of life that influences how a person develops from infancy to late adulthood. Erikson’s theory was meant to show how culture, society, and the environment a person grows up in can be a major factor in successfully going through each stage. According to Erikson’s theory, not completing a stage early in life as a child, or later as an adolescent, can be detrimental to a person’s personality. There are eight total…

Counseling is relational; it involves communication between the counselor and the client. Counseling calls for the counselor to have an understanding of the client and to also empathize with the client. This would allow the counselor to be effective in counseling his client. The ultimate goal of counseling is to empower the client to succeed in dealing with problems in life and to live a much adequate life too (Sheppard, n.d.). Counseling provides clients with an environment for the client to be…

First, I am going to start out with the definition of Psychology. Psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. Speaking of the human mind and its functions, dreams, what are they? Dreams are a series of thoughts, images, and sensations occurring in a person’s mind during sleep. Dreams are very mysterious, they are the “royal road to… the unconscious,” a famed psychologist once said (Sigmund Freud). Still, what is the meaning behind dreams? Some believe that dreams have…

The British South Asian theatre and Indian theatre in English: Natyashastra and Theatre Production Analysis constitutes a major study of the diasporic and contemporary Indian theatre in English and investigates the Natyashastra text, a treatise on Indian performing arts, to create a model of theatre production analysis. It is also an important contribution to the Natyashastra studies in general. Examining this treatise and some recent debates in theatre studies, the proposed book argues that a…

A Brief Comparison Between Prague School and Danish Structuralism When we are talking about linguistic there will be 3 schools of linguistic; Structuralism, Functionalism and Behaviorism. Structuralism is the first school in psychology. Is the study of elements of consciousness, and focused on breaking down mental process into the most basic components. Structuralism is one of many branches in linguistic that understanding language through identifying and determining the structure and…

Theories about the human personality have been brought up since the early ages of psychology. Weather it is the theory of adjusting the way we act by social settings from the social cognitive theory, to the more calm and passive humanistic theory. Discussing advantages and disadvantages of each theory is key to identifying the most reliable and well thought out way of assessing someone’s personality. With each category having its own place in psychology the advantages are simplicity and…

Discuss your views and commentary on the issues surrounding the historiography of psychology. What is psychology? To begin, psychology is the scientific study of the human mind and its processes, including behavior. To be more explicit psychology is a complex, diverse, and in-depth disciplinary that has grown dramatically in its area of interests since its founding. What I particularly appreciate most about this discipline is the comprehensive list of subfields within its branch of division.…