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Sigmund Freud
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Born in Czech Republic in 1856Enrolled in medical school
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What intellectual movement was Freud influenced by?
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Mechanism
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Mechanism
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The principles of natural sciences could explain not only the behavior of physical objects, but human thought and behavior as well.
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What was Freud plagued by after father's death
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Freud was plagued with depression and anxiety
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How did Freud seek relief?
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Freud sought relief via self-analysis which led to development of psychoanalysis
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What was Freud first belief about the person?
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Freud believe was that people are essentially good but society corrupts them.
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Mental Energy
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The mind is a system that contains and directs instinctual drives
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Mental energy 3 core ideas
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1. there is limited amount of energy2. Energy can be blocked but then get expressed in some other manner. (i.e. when needed)3. The mind functions to reduced tension and released energy
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Anna O
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Suffered from a bizarre collection of symptoms whose biological causes could not be determined: partial paralysis, blurred vision, persistent cough, and difficulty conversing in native language.
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Hysteria
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Since the days of ancient Greek medicine to refer to emotional disorders that manifest themselves in physical symptoms.
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Catharsis
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A release and freeing of emotions by talking about one's problems
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What notions of catharsis helped Freud understand the human mind.
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1. Can release energy to reduce tension2. the mind has more than one part (unconscious)
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Conscious
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Level includes thought of which we are awake
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Preconscious
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Level contains mental contents of which we easily could be aware if we attended to them
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Unconscious
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Mental contents are parts of the mind of which we are unaware and CANNOT become aware except under special circumstances.
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