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    Cinematograph story began on December 28, 1895 in the basement of the Grand Cafe des Capucines Boulevard in Paris. The creators of this invention were Gustav and Antoine Lumiere. The film uses the illusion of the human eye, the reading sequence in rapid succession, still images, in which subjects slightly change shape and position, as a single image showing the change in location or shape of these objects. In the same time Freud started his new movement in psychology by publication “Studies in hysteria”

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    aware of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic approach, or the correct definition of the trait theory prior to beginning this class. The psychoanalytic approach to personality defines the origins of personality as being divided in to three parts; the id (unconscious), the superego (preconscious) and the ego (conscious). Each part plays a distinct role in memory, response, desire, decision making, and conscience. With all three parts interacting, conflicting,

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    misconception on why people dream and what they mean. One of the psychologists that formed their own theories on dreams was Sigmund Freud. He gathered that dreams were unconscious desires contained in REM sleep “Freud believed that dreams were essentially a form of wish-fulfillment” (Cherry). By extension, dreams represent unconscious wishes or thoughts of individuals, they are meant to play out hidden desires that people have. Sigmund Freud came up with many meanings that dreams serve, for instance

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    yet scientists have not found and exact answer for those questions. First of all, some dreams that people dream of could be related to their personal problems. Or people dream because of their unconscious desires and wishes. Dreams have been observed as useful indications of what's on a person's mind. In addition, one article states “experts still do not completely understand why we dream or the causes behind dreams.” Finally, themes could be produced by thoughts that a person doesn’t want to

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    contains hidden, deeper meanings which the author had represented in this piece, by explicating the text to explore the themes of choices, plot, setting and imagery, and essentially abortion. Psychoanalytic criticism expresses the secret unconscious desires and anxieties of the author. This particular thought of criticism is associated with looking for evidence of psychological conflicts, guilts, ambivalences, which undoubtedly is overflowing in this particular

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    concentrated on people’ imagination, dreams, subconscious and unconscious minds – on the nonphysical aspects of a human’s body. Surrealists often created their works using dream imagery. Symbols played an important role in the art of surrealism. Symbols expressed ideas and emotions that were held by the authors of the visual arts, and they usually had hidden meanings. Salvador Dali was passionate about the intangible parts of people’ minds and lives. (Stanley Meisler, pp.16-17) The main desire of the

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    basis of this approach is that psychological factors play a major role in determining behaviour and shaping personality. Freud (1961) divided the human mind into three parts the id, ego and superego so as to determine and understand the root causes of unusual behaviour. Psychodynamic approach helps the individual to recognize the unconscious which have an impact on behaviour. As a result, psychodynamic approach provides a comprehensive framework that describes and explains human personality

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    that Billy’s repression leads to regression, the temporary return to a former psychological state. “Regression can involve a return either to a painful or a pleasant experience” (Tyson15). Billy regresses when he decides to play the war movie [in his mind] backwards. World War II

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    ideas that were as revolutionary as Einstein’s. Freud treated psychology patients. From his experiences, he constructed a theory about the human mind. He came up with the idea that a part of the human mind is irrational, but it is now called the unconscious. In the unconscious, many drives existed, such as pleasure-seeking drives that the conscious mind was unaware of. Freud’s ideas actually weakened faith in reasoning. By the 1920’s, Freud’s ideas had developed widespread influence. Question 4:

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    of the subject’s brain. In the induction process, there are many repetitions, and it is because the hypnotist must keep the conscious mind working in order to access the subconscious mind. Because, when the conscious mind of the subject is bored occupying with the menial instructions, it will be drift off, and this is the best time to access the subconscious mind. Dr. Grossman calls the conscious as “Little Me”, and through the induction the “little me” is distracted and then the message will be

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