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Introspectionism
Introspectionism and psychoanalysis
Question | Answer |
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Two types of world experience in Psychology | The external physical world and the inner mental world |
What does introspectionism mean? | To look within |
Why is Wilhelm Wundt a big name in psychology | Wrote the first psychology textbook Established the first laboratory for experimental psychology Published the first academic journal for psychological research, Psychologische Studien |
Give three examples about how introspectinism is used today? | - Pain report - Questionnaire - Relaxation techniques |
What are the three components of Human psyche according to Freud? | - The superego (moral standards) - The ego (Decision maker) - The Id (Primitive instricts) |
How does our ego defend itsef against tensions between id, ego and superego? | Using Defense mechanism |
Can you cite five defense mechanisms? | Projection, Denial, Regression, Somatization, Introjection, Displacement, Repression, Isolation of affect, Intellectualization, Acting out, Rationalization, Reaction formation, Undoing, Passive-agressive, Dissociation, Humor, Sublimation, Suppression... |
Can you cite four criticisms again Freudian psychoanalysis? | - No scientific approach (issue of falsifiability) - Methodological issues (unreliable cases studies, subjective interpretations…) - Theoretical incoherence - Data manipulation |
What did key post-freudians abandon, and what did they develop? | - Abandoned the Oedipus Complex & sexual instinct - Recognised the importance of parenting, social and cultural influences - Applied therapeutic research and practice (incl. CBT and research on coping strategies, unconscious affective processes) |
How does today Humanistic approach differ from pschoanalytic one? | - The therapist is not an expert who knows everything - The therapist should free the client’s power to solve his/her problems. - Unconditional positive regard for the client - Client assumes responsibility for his/her decisions |