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And Personality Development Part Two 📒📒📒📒📒📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔 Freud believed that personality development occurs as we progressively learn to control our drives as a child. As we pass through five psychosexual stages as children our id becomes focused on different erogenous areas or parts of the body that are responsive to sexual stimulation. (Gould,& Howson 2021)  🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Freud's five stages of personality are centered on erogenous zones and have three key components  (Gould,& Howson 2021): Physical Psychological Type of fixation 👀👀 Freud's five stages of personality development(Gould,& Howson 2021): Oral Stage - Birth to 18 months  In this stage we seek pleasure through oral activities like nursing, sucking, eating, biting, and chewing. Freud thought that a child would develop an oral fixation if they received too little or too much oral pleasure. Smoking, drinking, and nail biting are common oral fixations in adults. Freud believed that...

Freud and Personality Part One 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 Freud's work had a profound impact on modern understanding of the mind, sexuality, and morality, but it was also controversial. His approach has been criticized for its assumptions about gender and its emphasis on the role of mothers in personality development. Despite these criticisms, Freud's work remains highly influential in clinical psychotherapy and psychoanalytic theory. 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 Freud's concept of the mind (Gould,& Howson 2021): ID The primitive, instinctual part of the mind that seeks immediate gratification of needs and desires. It is present at birth and is the source of our libido and aggressive drives. Ego The rational part of the mind mediates between the demands of the id and the constraints of reality and the superego It is responsible for planning, decision-making, and problem-solving. Superego The moralistic part of the mind internalizes society's values and standards o...

Lecture Three 🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️🖼️ In December of 1908, the Viennese physician Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) received an intriguing invitation from the American psychologist G. Stanley Hall (1844-1924), inviting him to visit Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and deliver a series of lectures describing his novel views about abnormal psychology. The invitation was intriguing partly because it came from one of the senior and most influential figures in American psychology. ( Freud, 1925)    🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥 In Freud's third lecture, he corrects his previous statement that the first idea a patient produces is always the repressed thought. He explains that the patient's resistance to revealing the repressed thought often leads to the production of surrogate ideas, which are related to the repressed thought in some way but are not identical to it. Freud compares the surrogate idea to witticism, which is an indirect expression of a thought that ...

 LECTURE TWO 📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔📔 Sigmund Freud, a Viennese physician, was invited by G. Stanley Hall, a senior and influential American psychologist, to visit Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and deliver a series of lectures on his novel views about abnormal psychology. The invitation was significant because it came from a leading figure in American psychology and because Clark University was a prestigious institution. The lecture series was part of a conference to celebrate the university's 20th anniversary, which was expected to attract the best American professors and students of psychology and psychiatry.   🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫 In Freud's second lecture he discusses the development of his own theory of hysteria, which was influenced by the work of Charcot and Janet. He begins by noting that Charcot had shown that physical trauma could cause hysterical symptoms, and Janet had proposed a theory of hysteria based on the idea of ...

    LECTURE ONE Sigmund Freud, a Viennese physician, was invited by G. Stanley Hall, a senior and influential American psychologist, to visit Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and deliver a series of lectures on his novel views about abnormal psychology. The invitation was significant because it came from a leading figure in American psychology and because Clark University was a prestigious institution. The lecture series was part of a conference to celebrate the university's 20th anniversary, which was expected to attract the best American professors and students of psychology and psychiatry. 📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚📚 Sigmund Freud was lecturing on the history of psychoanalysis to an audience of non-medical professionals. He begins by stating that he is not the creator of psychoanalysis, but rather that he was inspired by the work of Dr. Joseph Breuer. Freud then proceeds to give a brief case study of one of Breuer's patients who was ...

TAT 🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦🟦 The main ideas of psychoanalysis have influenced testing methods used in clinical practice. Sigmund Freud found psychoanalysis which has had a profound impact on the field of psychology. One of these influences is the development of testing methods used in clinical practice. Some of the key psychoanalytic concepts that have influenced testing include (Shiraev,2016): Unconscious Mind: This is a reservoir of repressed thoughts feelings and experiences that can influence our behavior without our awareness. Projective tests such as the Thematic Apperception Test are designed to tap into our unconscious mind by presenting ambiguous stimuli that can be interpreted differently.  Defense Mechanisms: Unconscious mental processes that protect us from discomfort. Projective tests can also be used to identify defense mechanisms by observing how people distort or avoid certain stimuli. Personality Structure: The ID, the EGO, and t...

  Harm Reduction is key to improving public health. Harm reduction is a public health approach that aims to minimize the negative consequences associated with drug use, drug policies, and drug laws. It is based on the principle that people who use drugs should be treated with respect and dignity, and that they should have access to services and support that help them reduce the risks associated with their drug use. Harm reduction is important for a number of reasons. First, it can help to save lives. For example, syringe service programs provide clean needles and syringes to people who use drugs, which helps to prevent the spread of HIV and other blood-borne diseases. Naloxone distribution programs provide people with a medication that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Second, harm reduction can help to improve the health and well-being of people who use drugs. For example, safe injection sites provide people with a safe and supervised place to inject drugs, which can...