1. CLASS 6

2. EVALUATION OF PSYCHO-DYNAMIC PSYCHOLOGY

3. Q: HOW BROAD IS THE THEORY ?

4. A: COLOSSAL: From the Trivial to the Magnificent

5. The Trivial  Slips and trips of the tongue  There are no ‘mistakes’  Due to unconscious desire  Examples  Glad to beat you – oops, I mean meet you  Smith ’ s theory is useless  Sigmund Fraud

6. To the Magnificent  Culture  Life instinct  Fantasy, creativity  War  Death instinct

7. IMPACT

8. 1. On psychology  Psychotherapy: “the talking cure”  Novel ideas:  Unconscious, psychological defense, symbolism, dynamics, stages of development

9. 2. Intellectual thought  Literature  symbolism  Innate mythologies  e.g., Oedipus Complex  Sociology & anthropology  taboos

10. 3. ContemporaryConfirmation  Advertising: “sex sells”  Entertainment: violence too  language: unconscious, defensive, repression

11. CRITIQUE

12. 1. Scientific Status  Difficult to verify  Reliance on case studies and self-insight  Often changed his mind

13. 2. Offensive  Excessive focus on sex  Childhood sexuality  Offensive to women  e.g., penis envy, morality

14. 3. Negative view of humanity  Are sex and aggression really the major human motivations?  Are they inevitable?  Focus on psychological problems

15. 4. Other complaints ?

16. BOTTOM LINE  You love him or hate him  But can’t deny his influence

17. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE CREDITS (REC)

18. TWO OPTIONS  A. SUBJECT POOL  Participate in research  Ask questions to experimenters  You may become an experimenter  B. LIBRARY RESEARCH  read a paper in the journal called Social Psychological and Personality Science  Summarize in your own words

19. Human Subject Pool (HSP) How to participate? Go to https://hsp.psych.ubc.ca/ and create a personal profile. It’s quick and easyhttps://hsp.psych.ubc.ca/ What then?  V iew all available studies  Sign-up for them  Earn credits towards your course grade Hint: If you complete the online questionnaire immediately after you sign-up you’ll earn your first ½ credit.

20. In this course  1 hour of participation = 1 percent credit  2 percent added to final grade  Bonus of 3 percent if you have time  More details on syllabus link to REC credits

21. WRITING ASSIGNMENT #1  Pick a recent popular film.  How would Freud explain its popularity?  Between 150 and 250 words  Email to : paulhus.sec.8@gmail.com