Comparative Analysis of Psychoanalytic/Psychodynamic Theories of Personality I. Summary There are four main Neo-Freudian psychologists: Erikson, Jung, Horney, and Adler. They all agreed with Freud’s basic concepts of id, ego, and superego, the importance of the unconscious, that our childhood shapes our personality, dynamic anxiety and the use of defense mechanisms. However, all these Neo-Freudian psychologists varied slightly from Freud’s path, each with their own ideas and principles. They tended to
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Freud, Neo-Freudians, and Post Freudians: A Comparison PSY5102- History & Systems of Psychology Sigmund Freud Free Association | When a patient is prompted to say whatever comes to mind | Sex determined neurosis | Freud reported that most of his female patients reported sexual abuse in their past. He also believed neurotic people did not have a normal sex life; therefore they went hand in hand. | Dream analysis | Dreams represent repressed desires | Oedipus complex | “This fear
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It is safe to say that just about everyone who has studied psychology on some level has heard the name “Sigmund Freud”. He is often regarded as one of the most influential psychologists of all time. He is responsible for the development of psychoanalysis, “a form of psychotherapy, or ‘talk therapy’.” (Psychology, 11). He practiced almost 100 years ago and although some of his ideas are outdated, a lot of his findings are still relevant today. One idea of his that is widely disputed is that of the
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beginning of her relationships with the people. Psychoanalytic is much harder to grasp and to explain about Hannah’s conscious and unconscious mind without examining her. Interestingly, enough Psychoanalytic and Neo-Freudian our both working under the framework of Freud's yet the Neo-Freudian was branching away and developing their own concepts. The works of Carl Jung, Erik Erikson and Karen Horney showed how their works worked to explain more in-depth of the work of Freud's. The works are hard to understand
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in real life. It takes us to another place. How do we know that what we believe to be real life is not a dream? In the movie, The Matrix Mr. Anderson, a computer programmer/hacker also known as Neo questions if the life he lives is real, or if they are all being programmed somewhere by a machine. Neo meets Morpheus who shows him that people are under a computer program called The Matrix. Cypher has been shown this as well but tries to forget what he has seen and move on with his life. This task
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different points of view because the story and the plot seem to go hand in hand, as the plot changes, so does the narration, but doesn’t seem to have any specific narration from any one person. The story is first seen from the point of view of Thomas “Neo” Anderson (Keanu Reeves). Then as the movie progresses, we see a small twist when two of the character roles are reversed. Then near the end of the movie, we see another small twist when the same two characters switch roles once
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the hero’s journey. Enter Thomas Anderson, better known as Neo, in his ordinary world of computer programming by day and a computer hacker by night. Despite his well paying job, he is bored as bored can be and is looking to see if there is more to this life. Neo gets the call to adventure when he gets a message from Trinity. He is told to follow the white rabbit and warns him that the matrix has him. The refusal to the call comes when Neo is being told by Morpheus to escape his work office building
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Alice and Neo’s “reality” are different. Within The Matrix, Neo does not realize his surrounding environment is not real, and life on earth is just a dream, having each individual clueless because no one has yet been woken up; this is the theme of perception vs. reality. Both protagonists struggle at first with the idea of a dream, but later they go deeper to consider what is real. Alice is asleep as she wonders Wonderland, whilst Neo is asleep and plugged into a simulated world, both assuming that
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Morpheus: “Sooner or later you’re gonna realize, just like I did…there’s a difference between knowing the path and walking the path.” The preceding is one of many quotes from the 1999 film, ‘The Matrix. ®’ The movie was ahead of its’ time, similar to the ‘Wizard of Oz ®.’ The movie is full of imagery, and metaphors, allegories, along with philosophies. To place the film in the category of being Christian is expanding the imagination. Although it uses Biblical terms such as Zion, Nebuchadnezzar,
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Starting in the Matrix Neo is just an ordinary man who’s been searching for something, but fate finally finds him one day. Someone hacks his computer and sends him a message and when he follows that message he finds answers to what hes been searching for. Neo meets Trinity the one who will lead him to Morpheus; The one he has been searching for. Morpheus is the leader of an elite few survivors who escaped the Matrix and through a series of tests and simulations he is told the truth about the Matrix
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