1. Brief History of Psychology Chapter 1, Section II

2. Review from Earlier…

3. Contemporary Approaches to Psychology Chapter 1

4. 6 Approaches to Psychology  Psychoanalytic  Behavioral  Humanistic  Cognitive  Biological  Socio-Cultural  Psychoanalytic  Behavioral  Humanistic  Cognitive  Biological  Socio-Cultural

5. Psychoanalytic Psychology

6. Psychoanalytic Approach  Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)  Practiced in Vienna Austria  Interested in the unconscious mind  Conscious experiences are just the “tip of the iceberg”  Beneath the surface are primitive biological urges  Urges are in conflict with requirements of society and morality  These conflicts are responsible for most of human behavior  He believed that they were responsible for many medically unexplainable physical symptoms that troubled his patients  Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)  Practiced in Vienna Austria  Interested in the unconscious mind  Conscious experiences are just the “tip of the iceberg”  Beneath the surface are primitive biological urges  Urges are in conflict with requirements of society and morality  These conflicts are responsible for most of human behavior  He believed that they were responsible for many medically unexplainable physical symptoms that troubled his patients

7. Psychoanalytic Approach  Freud as a Psychoanalyst : psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts  Free Association – patients are encouraged to say anything that comes to mind without edits  Dreams: Freud believes dreams are expressions of the most primitive unconscious urges  Dream Analysis (most contemporary psychologists disagree with symbols Freud found)  Free Association is still used today, and many have strong opinions either for or against Freud’s ideas on unconscious motivation  Freud as a Psychoanalyst : psychologist who studies how unconscious motives and conflicts determine human behavior, feelings, and thoughts  Free Association – patients are encouraged to say anything that comes to mind without edits  Dreams: Freud believes dreams are expressions of the most primitive unconscious urges  Dream Analysis (most contemporary psychologists disagree with symbols Freud found)  Free Association is still used today, and many have strong opinions either for or against Freud’s ideas on unconscious motivation

8. Strengths and Weaknesses Strengths  Provides a framework for analyzing thought processes below consciousness Weaknesses  Focuses on how people are only products of negative unconscious impulses  Difficult to prove