Questions tagged [psychoanalysis]
For questions regarding the psychotherapeutic technique which Sigmund Freud pioneered, which involves techniques of dream interpretation and free association. Jung was also instrumental in its development after Freud.
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Parental Reflective Functioning: meaning of certain score values in the PDI-RF scale
Regarding the mentalization construct of parental reflective functioning, which can be assessed by coding parental development interview for reflective functioning (PDI-RF), can someone briefly ...
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What made psychoanalysis take over the field?
Quoting Wikipedia's article on dissociation:
There was a sharp peak in interest in dissociation in America from
1890 to 1910, especially in Boston as reflected in the work of William
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Psychoanalytic theories of female mentality based on childhood development?
I am interested in finding out what if any theories exist to explain female psychology in terms of childhood development and how those psychological traits are expressed in adult behavior.
For example,...
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Are neural sensitivity tests used in proving/refuting Freudian and Neo-Freudian theories?
Given that Freudian theories root their explanatory models in neurology (that is, selected extra-sensitive (erogenous) body zones), has any scientific study tried to prove/refute them, by measuring ...
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What is the ontological status of unconscious?
Has mainstream science accepted the existence of unconscious? IN PRTICULAR : Does it attribute to it any role in psychosomatic disorders?
Edit: this is the only hit I had from "the neuroscience ...
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What happened in the fifth year of the girl that made her afraid of her father in the book "The Theory of Psychoanalysis"?
The case in question is that of an intelligent girl of eleven years of age, of good family. Dr. Jung starts discussing her in his book, on page 113 ("A CASE OF NEUROSIS IN A CHILD"), at one ...
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What is Incestuous Resistances?
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As she preferred to follow the hidden presentiments of puberty rather than her duties towards the school and her teacher, she allowed her libido to fall on ...
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Right Attitude toward Reality is Way of Concrete Sexuality
I am reading an old pdf copy of The Theory of Psychoanalysis, By C. G. JUNG and trying to understand the following:
This is the misunderstanding fallen into by so many neurotic people, who believe ...
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Any researchers doing research in Nietzschean psychology?
I am eager to do research in Nietzschean psychology
Are there any researchers doing research in this area?
Thanks in advance.
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If the female comparator to the Oedipus complex is Electra complex, is there a male comparator to Jocasta/Phaedra complex?
I have been browsing the questions and answers here within the realm of psychoanalysis and I came across the Jocasta complex in an answer here, which I had not heard about before so I have been ...
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Is the displacement of frustration a studied phenomenon?
I'm currently looking into frustration-aggression theory. There is a lot of ancillary research on the displacement of the aggression generated via this theory, but I'm trying to find research on the ...
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About Tracking the psychological defense mechanism
I am searching to find about the method of understanding the reason of being unconsciousness of the psychological defense mechanism, as described here:
In psychoanalytic theory, a defence mechanism (...
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Is Orwellian Double-think Psychologically Possible?
In George Orwell's 1984, a great deal of space is devoted to explaining "Double-think," part of The Party's method of "reality control." Here's a particularly clear passage:
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Borderline Personality Disorder vs Borderline Personality Organization
Most of psychoanalytic sources, including DSM, talks about Borderline Personality disorder and only disorder. Meanwhile Nancy McWilliams talks about Borderline Personality Organization. Also she ...
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Is the concept of the 'inner child' considered to be pseudoscience?
I have seen some text that said some pains in body caused by inner child like this,so i like to know does inner Child is a pseudoscience, so i have seen the Wikipedia, and seen some information :
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