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therapy only.
Sigmund
LEVELS OF MENTAL LIFE
Freud
Psychoanalysis Unconscious
Freud – believed that the origin of • Unconscious proper
neurosis and psychosis came from the • Preconscious
drives. These drives are divided into
two called sex and aggression. Conscious
Neurosis
• Mental Distress
• Refers to a group of disorders
• Does not interfere with day to day
functions
Dynamics of Personality a disguise that is directly opposite its
original form.
Drives – operate as constant
motivational force. As an internal Example of a reaction formation can be
stimulus, Drives differ from external seen in a young woman who deeply
stimuli in that they cannot be avoided resents and hates her mother. Because
through flight. she knows that society demands
affection toward parents, such
Eros – Love, Sex conscious hatred for her mother would
Thanatos – Aggression, Distraction produce too much anxiety. To avoid
painful anxiety, the young woman
Sex Drive - Libido concentrates on the opposite impulse —
Aggression Drive – Unnamed love. Her “love” for her mother, however,
is not genuine. It is showy,
Anxiety exaggerated, and overdone.
For example, a completely weaned child Freud believed that the art of
may regress to demanding a bottle or Michelangelo, who found an indirect
nipple when a baby brother or sister is outlet for his libido in painting and
born. The attention given to the new sculpting, was an excellent example of
baby poses a threat to the older child. sublimation.