A Metaphor from Freud’s Psychosexual Stages

Shedding Light on Freud’s Controversial Psychoanalytic Theory Krystle D. Kraft St. Johns River State College: Human Growth and Development Shedding Light on Freud’s Controversial Psychoanalytic Theory Psychoanalytic theories suggest that developmental changes happen due to the power of internal drives and emotions. Sigmund Freud, a Viennese physician, is said to be the founding father of this theory. He believed biological impulses, such as a need for food and sex, were the driving impulses

Module Two Essay Title: ‘Evaluate the extent to which Freud’s theory of psychosexual development can help us to understand a client’s presenting issue?’ Introduction The main aim of this essay is to demonstrate an understanding of Freud’s theory of psychosexual development and how this theory may help us to explain and identify adult neurotic behaviour. I shall be evaluating the pros and cons of psychosexual theory and the extent to which it helps us to understand

social conflicts, and environmental factors. In the psychosocial model that Erikson created, it places people into eight stages. In order for someone to move on to the next stage, they must first overcome the conflict presented to them in the stage that they are in. A well-established identity will get stronger the more that conflict is successfully resolved. The eight stages are basic trust versus mistrust, autonomy versus shame and doubt, initiative verses guilt, industry versus inferiority, identity

James West PSY/280 September 26 2012 Robert Keele Human Development Human growth and development starts from the moment a child is conceived and continues until the day we die. There are many different stages of development all depending on the person’s beliefs on how we develop. All theories explain a specific growth and development for a specific time for an individual starting from birth to the time of their death. Not all the theories are agreed on because they are based on different individuals

with a specific definition quoted from Horney. The author continues by explaining that Horney’s and Adler’s views both correlate along the lines of the attachment theory. It is deemed as though early childhood experiences are greatly significant in development and can have an impression on social anxiety throughout the lifespan. However, there are still many different perspectives on anxiety, such as Beck’s cognitive-behavioral perspective that

the question "Why War?". In 1935 Sigmund Freud is appointed Honorary Member of the British Royal Society of Medicine, and later dies on September 23,1939. Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas have set the standard for modern psychoanalysis in which students of psychology can learn from his ideas spread from the field of medicine to daily living. His studies in areas such as unconsciousness, dreams, sexuality, the Oedipus complex, and sexual maladjustments laid the foundation for future

experiences of trauma or developmental disruptions from a persons’ past have an influence on their current behaviour (McLeod, 2014), and these are naturally stored in the unconscious section of the mind. (McLeod, 2015). For this reason, psychoanalysis is often used to treat symptoms of depression and anxiety disorders, with therapy being the primary source of treatment used. One of the key theories within the Psychoanalytic school is Sigmund Freud’s structure of the mind. According to Freud, the features

individuals and their motivations. Sigmund Freud’s theory of development focuses on the unconscious mind. Freud divided different stages of our lives into three systems such as the id, ego, and superego. The id is an important part of our personality because as newborns, it allows us to get our basic needs met. (Cherry, 2017). The ego is the stage of reality that functions in the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious mind. According to Freud, the ego develops from the id and ensures that the impulses

as a metaphor to describe the mind. “Only the tip is visible above water; the much larger and more important part of it is submerged.” (Martin et al. 2010:630). At the tip of the iceberg is the conscious which is related to thoughts and perception and our immediate awareness. Under the surface lies our preconscious which is concerned with accessible memories and stored knowledge, also the unconscious which relates to fears, drives, immoral urges, selfish needs and painful emotions. Freud’s theory

Un Chien Andalou Hands and ants repeatedly appear in the film. The metaphors behind them are meaningful for viewers to understand the whole film. In fact, the reason why I am interested in figuring out the metaphors of hands and ants is that I could not understand this film when I first watched it. Un Chien Andalou was created under the cultural movement called surrealism which was “drew liberately on Freud’s theories concerning the unconscious and its relations to the dreams.” (Chilvers, 2009)