Winnicott: Evolved From And Extending Classic Freudian Theory
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4 pages in length. One of the most obvious theories to come out of the efforts of Winnicott's views on psychoanalysis for children is the concept of unattachment. Credited with expounding upon Freud's image of self and bringing to light the vast and various implications associated with upbringing, one can easily equate Winnicott's theories of parental/child bonding as the wholly decisive factor in whether or not that infant grows into an emotionally balanced adult. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Wundt and the Origins of Psychology
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This 5 page paper provides an overview of the role of Wundt in the creation of psychological theory. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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“A Review of BF Skinner’s Science and Human Behaviour
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” A ten page paper which looks at Skinner’s Science and Human Behaviour (1953) in terms of its historical context, the basic theories underlying operant conditioning, the way in which behaviourism can be applied to the self and to social agencies and how Skinner dealt with such issues as emotions and self-control. Bibliography lists 1 source
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“About Behaviourism, by BF Skinner”
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A ten page paper which looks at BF Skinner’s 1974 work, About Behaviourism, in terms of his theories regarding the position of behaviourism in relation to science, his correlation of biological evolution with the development of behavioural processes, and his perspective on the structure and function of ethical systems. Bibliography lists 1 source
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“Affliction” and Adlerian Treatment
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A 4 page paper which examines the movie “Affliction” and discusses psychological therapy using Adlerian theories. Bibliography lists 1 sources.
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“As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl”
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A 5 page overview of John Colapinto’s “As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised As a Girl.” No additional sources cited.
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“Death and Dying” by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross
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A 4 page paper which examines Elizabeth Kubler-Ross’ “Death and Dying.” Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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“Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams”
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A paper which looks at Sigmund Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams, with reference to his theories regarding wish-fulfilment, repression, the mechanisms of internal censorship, the symbology of dreams, and the relationship between the development of the individual from id to super-ego and the way that this development is reflected in the elements of dreams.
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“How Can We Know if Psychoanalytic Claims are True?”
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This 10 page report discusses this question and whether or not psychoanalysis is a valid form of scientific investigation. The overall premises and practices of psychoanalysis are still quite controversial among numerous psychological professionals. Some “experts” claim that psychoanalysis is good science, others that it is bad science, and still others that it is not science at all. Interestingly, those actually in the psychology field who see psychoanalysis as good science may be the rarest group of all. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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“Humanistic Psychotherapy”
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A five page paper which looks the way in which new models of psychotherapy have evolved out of earlier theories of Freudian psychoanalysis and behaviourism, and concentrated instead on stressing the importance of a more holistic approach, in terms of the interaction between individuals and society. Bibliography lists 9 sources
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“Paul Griffiths: What Emotions Really Are”
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A five page paper which looks at Paul Griffiths’ reconstruction of the definition and analysis of emotion, with specific reference to his theory of socially constructed emotions and their relationship to the other types of emotional reaction which he posits. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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“Regeneration”: A Review of the Book by Pat Barker
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A 3 page overview of this based-on-fact expose of the field of psychiatry during World War I. This book tells the story of English officer and poet Siegfried Sassoon and his interactions with psychiatrist Dr. William Rivers at Craiglockhart War Hospital outside Edinburgh. Sassoon has refused to fight and been declared shell shocked. Rivers struggles with the question of whether it is ethical to treat Sassoon and his other patients with the sole goal of sending them back into armed warfare. No additional sources are listed.
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“The Denial of Death” by Ernest Becker
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This is a 7 page paper discussing Ernest Becker’s text “The Denial of Death”. Ernest Becker’s 1973 text “The Denial of Death” puts forth the premise that man’s preoccupation with his own mortality forces him to repress this possibility and in doing so adopts a belief system in order to be accepted into an “immortality system” for support and for the belief that life exists beyond current perception. For those people who are overly consumed by death and are unable to form a belief or a level of acceptance, they are victim to neurosis or mental illness. Others who accept death and are able to live successfully with the knowledge and acceptance of their eventual outcome can be considered heroic. Because the denial of death is responsible for the formation of cultures, scientific processes should not be used to influence this psychological process because man truly does know little about the ultimate foundations of life. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“The Rocking Horse Winner” and Freud
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A 4 page paper which examines D.H. Lawrence’s story “The Rocking Horse Winner” and applies the Oedipal theories of Sigmund Freud. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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“Theories of personality development”
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An eight page paper which looks at some of the theories regarding the development of personality and the importance of biological impulses, reward and punishment, environmental influences and other extraneous factors in the way that personality traits manifest themselves and behavioural patterns are modified. Bibliography lists 3 sources
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