Psychoanalytic

·  The major emphasis of psychoanalytic psychology is the importance of unconscious mental forces that influence human behavior and emotions. ·  Psychoanalytic psychology usually includes topics, such as mental health, cultural studies, child development and childcare, education, personality, memory, and psychotherapy. ·  Typical types of questions studied in psychoanalytic psychology include: o  How does the unconscious mind influence behavior? o  How do repressed memories from childhood cause problems in adulthood? o  How does the ego affect an individual’s behavior? ·  The history of psychoanalytic psychology dates back to the 1890s, when it was founded in 1896 by Sigmund Freud in Vienna, Austria. Psychoanalytic psychology was originally developed from a technique for treating psychological disorders by identifying and resolving conflicts stored in the unconscious mind. Over the years, psychoanalytic psychology has laid the foundation for other schools of psychology, such as analytic psychology, individual psychology, and ego psychology. ·  Psychoanalysts: o  Anna Freud: co-founder of psychoanalytic child psychology - **The Writings of Anna Freud : 8 Volumes** (1966-1980), and** Ego & the Mechanisms of Defense** (1936) o  Melanie Klein: co-founder of psychoanalytic child psychology- **The Writings of Melanie Klein: 4 Volumes** (1921-1945) o  Erik Erickson- pioneered theories on human development and personality psychology- **Childhood and Society** (1950), and **Identity: Youth and Crisis** (1960) ** Citations:  ** AbsoluteAstronomy.com. (2009). Psychoanalysis. Retrieved from http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Psychoanalysis Beystehner, K. (1998, August). Psychoanalysis: Feud's revolutionary approach to human personality. Retrieved from http://www.personalityresearch.org/papers/beystehner.html Boeree, G. (1997). Erik erikson. Retrieved from http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/erikson.html Cherry, K. (2010). What is Psychoanalysis?. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/historyofpsychology/a/psychodynamic.htm Cherry, K. (2010). Sigmund freud - the life, work and theories of sigmund freud. Retrieved from http://psychology.about.com/od/sigmundfreud/p/sigmund_freud.htm Liukkonen, P., & Pesonen, A. (2008). Sigmund freud (1856-1939). Retrieved from http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/freud.htm McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Bioscience. (2002). Psychoanalysis. Retrieved from http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/Psychoanalytic+school
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