Eng 101 Professor Keefe 5 December 2012 Authority in the Heart of Jim Jones Many theories and questions are raised from the problem of obedience to authority. What can make another person be obedient to another? Why do some people obey others when they know what they’re doing is wrong? This is a problem for the human population and it demands reasoning‚ explanation‚ and examination. We must reflect on what many experts have examined in the field‚ and draw some conclusions. There are many experts
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What is Psychoanalytic Theory? Psychoanalytic theory originated with the work of Sigmund Freud. Through his clinical work with patients suffering from mental illness‚ Freud came to believe that childhood experiences and unconscious desires influenced behavior. Based on his observations‚ he developed a theory that described development in terms of a series of psychosexual stages. According to Freud‚ conflicts that occur during each of these stages can have a lifelong influence on personality and
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HISTORY AND BACKGROUND OF FOUNDERS Learning is the discovery that something is possible. This is what quoted by Fritz Perls or known as Frederick Salomon Perls. Fritz Perls was born on 1980 and is a well-known therapist in the 20th century. He co-founded gestalt therapy with his wife Laura Perls. As a young teenager‚ Fritz Perls is enthusiasts about Sigmund Freud work and later further his research toward Freudian psychoanalysis. Perls joined the German army during the World War I. It is stated
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reliable guide to ethical decision-making is‚ in my opinion‚ determined by one’s own interpretation of what conscience actually is. There are two key approaches to defining conscience. The first‚ originally proposed by Freud and developed by Piaget and Fromm‚ argues that conscience is the result of environmental factors. Freud’s definition of conscience is linked to an individual’s feelings of guilt and fear of punishment. As such‚ it could be seen as an unreliable guide to ethical decision-making as it
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Siegfried Sassoon and Erich Maria Remarque step out to introduce a different perspective of war through literacy‚ an outlook which many people in their time were oblivious to. All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque is considered to be “the greatest war novel of all time”. In this tale‚ the story is told from a perspective of a young German soldier‚ Paul Baumer‚ a private who changes from the time he first enters the military to his unfortunate death. Erich does an excellent job
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On July 20th‚ 1822 in the Austrian Empire‚ Johann Mendel was born. During his lifetime‚ he did not know he would be destined to become one of the most influential people in the growth of biology. Since he was a young boy he was interested in plants‚ trees‚ and fruit. Because of his interests‚ he went into school and religion instead of staying at his family farm. Mendel attended a school where students were highly influenced to study natural sciences and how to grow fruit. While his time as a Monk
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Critically assess the claim that conscience is a reliable guide to ethical decision making. Conscience is something inside of us which distinguishes good from evil and makes us feel guilty when we have done something wrong. As defined by the Oxford Dictionary of English‚ is ‘A person’s moral sense of right and wrong‚ viewed as acting as a guide to one’s behaviour’. It plays a decisive role in any moral decision‚ and just like normative ethics‚ one can base their moral decisions on their conscience
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“Evaluate the extent to which Freud ’s theory of psycho-sexual development can help us to understand a client ’s presenting issue?” Sigmund Freud‚ born in 1856 was a well established Austrian neurologist who would later go on to found the discipline of psychoanalysis. He is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and repression and his concept of the dynamic unconscious suggesting that it is our unconscious minds that indeed determine how we as people behave‚ also establishing sexual
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come to mean that to love is to be attracted to the good qualities of the other. Sometimes this is earned to the extreme of attributing attractive qualities to the other even if they are not there. Love has come to be equated with admiration. Erich Fromm in his famous book
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References: Freud‚ S. (1905/1953). The transformations of puberty. In ‘Three essays on the theory In Volume XI of The_ Standard Edition_ Freud‚ S. (1921/1955). Being in love and hypnosis. In ‘Group Psychology and the Fromm‚ E Maslow‚ A. H. (1953). Love in healthy people. In A. Montagu (ed.)‚ The meaning of _ Love_ Reik‚ T. (1975). Of love and lust. London: Souvenir Press. Rogers‚ C Rogers‚ C. (1974). On becoming a person. London: Constable & Co. Rogers‚ C
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