A biopsychologist will implement the biological approach to psychology in the attempt to study psychological diseases and disorders as well as in the diagnosis and treatment of individual’s that suffer from such diseases and disorders, and this will include the analysis of the disorder known as Schizophrenia. In addition, the disorders of Anorexia Nervosa and Generalized Anxiety Disorder will also be examined. Both of these disorders will be discussed within this paper, the treatment with drug therapies, the causes, and areas of the brain that is affected.…
The two types of theories that were mentioned in this book were social learning theory and Psychoanalytic theory. The social learning theory was developed by Albert Bandura. Social learning theory talks about that humans learn by observing other. This is also called modeling or observational learning. In simple terms, a child follows what others does and tries to do the same task. If a child sees their mother making food in some pots, and the child starts to pretend making food their toys is an example of social learning theory by child observation. Modeling occurs when the observer is inexperienced. In addition, when people see others achieving their goals and solve problems, it gives more encouragement for the observer to achieve that…
Psychoanalysis theory first came to be around the late 1800’s, discovered by the renowned theorist Sigmund Freud, also known as the father of the theory. Freud was born in Moravia in 1856; he studied under Charcot in Paris for a while, eventually starting a private practice in Vienna, being forced to leave by the Nazis, because he was Jewish. His concept developed from people who were considered to be hysteric, being burnt and ridiculed, because they were seen as lazy and deviant. Later on in the 19th century, theorists began to grasp an understanding of the mental illness and termed it as neuropathology, which evolved into Psychoanalysis. This theory sought to treat mental disorders by investigating interactions amongst the conscious and…
As long as humans have been on this earth, they have been curious. People were curious about land, so they explored the world by ship. People were curious about the sea, so they dove below the surface. People were curious about the universe around them, so they sent man to space. In 1873, a European-American psychoanalyst named Sigmund Freud was curious about the mind, the subconscious, and how it affects human action, so he began studies of concepts and patients that would last over sixty years. 1923 brought a publication titled The Ego and the Id, that introduced new ideas of a developed and divided unconscious (“Timeline”). In his time, his works were used by psychologists around the globe, but now they have paved the way for a literary school of thought (Shmoop, “Psychoanalysis”). In William Shakespeare’s beloved comedy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Freud’s theory of the id, ego, and superego can be applied to analyze how the characters’ reactions are shaped by their subconscious and how their decisions affect the play as a whole.…
As previously stated, humanist theory suggests that human’s are in control of their own future, destiny, fate, etc. Humans maintain free will so actions such as cheating are by their own fault and they are responsible for actions committed; therefore this is most likely a humanist view (“Humanist Psychology”).…
To Freud, the mind was a mechanistic energy system that derived mental energy from the physical functioning of the body and constantly attempted to moderate this physical effort or tension by restoring it to a quiet steady (quiescent) state. This energy is not evenly distributed to all human purpose or functioning, and if blocked from expression will manifest itself as anxiety, which through cathartic release, prescribes a least resistant path of action. Because anxiety is painful, the mind attempts to cope with this state through a range of defence mechanisms that alter reality and supress feelings that stimulate this state. The mind and its energies (derived from drives or…
Sigmund Freud is one of the most famous name in psychology.Many expressions of our daily life come from Freud’s theories of psychoanalysis: unconscious, denial and control. Freud believes that there are three level of consciousness: unconscious which exists outside of your awareness, next is pre conscious one which includes all information that you are not currently aware of it, finally the conscious one which is your current state of awareness. He believed that events in our childhood can have a remarkable influence on our behaviour as adult. He believed that, our behaviour is affected by our childhood experiences. It means that psychodynamic is about two major aspects: subconscious and our past. It can be seen that past…
One concept that I learned throughout this course is Freud’s defenses against anxiety. These defense mechanisms are:…
Freud’s developmental stages are most controversial because of his theory. He believed that we develop through stages based upon “a particular erogenous stage.” (Heffner 2011) His theory was that during each stage, the child will become fixated on a particular erogenous zone which can either mean them over-indulging when they become an adult.…
When the human brain decides to repress a memory, it pushes it down so deep into the core of our hippocampus in order to protect us from ever recalling it. This unconscious process acts as a defense mechanism that helps us avoid any mental or emotional stress or scarring from any painful, horrific, traumatic experiences that we have been through in our past. Sigmund Freud was a neurologist who is famously known for his many studies and theories on psychoanalysis of the human brain and its nature in the 20th century. He was born in Freiberg, Austria on the 6th of May 1856, though at the age of 4 years, he moved with his family to Vienna where he settled and began his education. In 1983 after graduating from the University of Vienna with a medical…
Among Freud, Jung, and Adler, Freud is indisputably the most towering monolith. It was Freud's pioneering use of the term "the I" "das Ich" in his native German, which was then translated into the Latin "ego" that brought "ego" into common parlance and popular interest to the process of self-consciousness. Adler's school of psychology, which he called "Individual Psychology," was based on the idea of the indivisibility of the personality. His most significant divergence from Freud's premises was his belief that it was crucial to view the human being as a whole not as a conglomeration of mechanisms, drives or dynamic parts. And in contrast to most psychological thinking of the time, Adler believed that, fundamentally, human beings are self-determined.…
There are many psychologists who believe Freud’s psychoanalysis is connected to a network of perceptions for the purpose of therapeutic treatments applied to various disorders found in the DSM. Freud began his theory of psychoanalysis after working with well-known neurologist J.M. Charcot. During this time, Freud agreed with the idea that hysteria was caused by emotional disturbance and may be caused by organic symptoms of an individual’s nervous system. Freud applied his methods in treating individuals with mental disorders among others, by…
In order to overcome behavioral problems such as anxiety, depression or fear, individuals usually communicate their problems or anxieties with their trusted friends or family members. In case of a somewhat complicated problem, a counselor is consulted. These are a relatively simple form of psychotherapies that individuals have been practicing from centuries. However, with the development of modern science and advancements in the field of psychology, theorists have identified some more effective approaches for psychoanalysis. The most noticeable work in this regard was done by Sigmund Freud who was the first to develop modern techniques for psychoanalysis. Despite of the fact that Freud’s approaches towards psychoanalysis have received considerable criticism, they have proved to be beneficial in solving behavioral problems. It should be noted that the development of psychotherapy has been used as a means to solve behavioral problems from centuries. Although, modern approaches towards psychoanalysis are somewhat different from the indigenous methods, they are some similarities in terms of their theories.…
Although this source as little information the treatment of hysteria since it only explains the importance of isolation treatment, it does offer knowledge on cases of hysteria and symptomatology that was looked for hysteria. In the lectures Charcot goes into detail on each case from the diagnosis to the treatment applied to individuals suffering from hysteria. Jean-Martin Charcot, the founder of modern neurology, was a leading medical expert that will give a holistic understanding hysteria. The lectures were translated by Thomas Savill and published in 1889 on the New Sydenham Society…
Everybody interested in psychotherapy must be familiar with Sigmund Freud. Although he was the father of psychoanalyzes, which many took as a template to a certain degree, psychosomatic disorders are of a more complex nature, and are indeed holistic in the onset of their treatments. Later, I will proceed with mixed responses that this approach have brought.…