Group 1

Amanda Ayoub Stephanie Regan

Alicia Iafonaro Hanna Stolarczyk

The Mind Beyond Our Immediate Awareness

1. In the nineteenth century, what was the status of beliefs about hysteria, what is was, and what did

Freud suggest?

• Hysteria - a type of suffering (being tormented) that had no obvious origin; most patients were women;

• Hysteria was not understood

• Probably feared in some ways, because of the unknown

• Freud suggested that hysteria was rooted in childhood sexual abuse

2. What is “The transference relationship to the doctor could be viewed as a repetition of

these Oedipal conflicts”?

2. What is “The transference relationship to the doctor could be viewed as a repetition of

these Oedipal conflicts”?

2. What is “The transference relationship to the doctor could be viewed as a repetition of

these Oedipal conflicts”?

3. What were Freud’s early beliefs about brain/psychology functioning? Explain the relationship between Q and

cathexis.

He assumed that neural locations hold specific ideas, memories, or perceptions

Also that mental activity is the result of electrochemical energy moving throughout the neural network

The energy for these activities, Q, came from outside the brain

3. Continued...Cathexis

The neurons were only capable of receiving, holding, and transmitting excitation from elsewhere

The investment of energy (libido) in an object, idea, or person

Example: Troops

Relationship between Q and Cathexis

Q electrochemical energy from outside the brain

Cathexis the receiver for that energy

4. What role did pre-conscious have in censoring? What role did the censor play in Freud’s understanding of resistance?

Mental processes had 3 roles Conscious Pre-conscious Unconscious

Pre-conscious acted as a screen that blocked access between the unconscious and conscious thinking.

It also governed access to movement and directed transmission of mobile energy (attention)

4. Continued...

Psychological resistance patients either directly or

indirectly oppose changing their behavior or refuse to discuss, remember, or think about presumably clinically relevant experiences

The Pre-conscious helped this theory due to its governing of behavior and attention

5. Discuss the initial contributions to the development of Jung’s early theorizing. Discuss his early ideas about

the unconscious. How did his differ from Freud’s? • Unconscious consists of two layers: personal and

collective

• Personal-repressed memories; collective-Freud’s drive portion

• Jung trumped Freud’s notions of dream censor and primary process by emphasizing dissociability of the psyche

• Jung knew there was more to the unconscious than Freud’s sexual interpretations

6. What is meant by dissociation? What was Jung’s connection with it?

• Dissociability of the psyche -- is a fundamental process that extends along the continuum from 'normal' mental functioning to 'abnormal' functioning.

• Dissociation is recognized by Jung, as a universal and necessary psychic activity for the development of personality through the variations of meanings.

6. “Collective” is a term that has great prominence in Jung’s thinking and theories. Explain what it means,

and how it relates to his approach to treatment.

• Collective unconscious is proposed to be a part of the unconscious mind, expressed in humanity and describes how the structure of the psyche autonomously organizes experience.

• Jung distinguished the collective unconscious collects and organizes personal experiences in a similar way with each member of a particular species.

• It is relative to his approach to treatment because people need to access their unconscious to develop greater self-realization and individualization and more meaning in their life in regards to what their dreams represent.

The connections between mental phenomena and the human body are discussed. Summarize what is presented, including

references to important philosophical teachings