Analysis Of Core Colloquies: Freud In The 21st Century
The video “Core Colloquy: "Freud in the 21st Century: Psychoanalysis and/or Psychology" on YouTube is about psychoanalysis expert Timothy L. Hulsey, Virginia Commonwealth University Psychology professor, Dean of the Honors and faculty in Core Course of psychology, Modern Literature and Culture- Departments of English in a general forum on the relationship between Freudian theory and mainstream American psychological science. The conversation includes the impact of early experiences on adult behavior, the nature of memory and conceptions of the self and society.
Freudian’s theories are usually portrayed in literature and not so much in psychological writings. Although there are still many adherents to a purely positivist and rationalist view, most people, including many who reject other elements of Freud's work, accept the claim that part of the mind is unconscious, and that people often act for reasons of which they are not conscious. Some have criticized Freud for giving too much importance to one or the other of these factors; similarly, …show more content…
The one think that comes to mind when one thinks to Freud is that he oversexualized many things in order to achieve his initial inquiry. But then again, how many great people have done wrong in order to make a right. An example, Phillip Zimbardo, he designed the “Stanford Prison Experiment” and it was something everything disagree with yet now he is one of the many psychologists in the world that has shaped how we think and do research. Mainly why it’s difficult to disagree with anything that Freud did. However, I was surprised to learn that psychoanalytic theory contributes to our music and culture. I always thought that psychoanalytic theory could be applied to other psychology disciplines like anxiety disorders such as phobias, panics attacks, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);
Freudian’s theories are usually portrayed in literature and not so much in psychological writings. Although there are still many adherents to a purely positivist and rationalist view, most people, including many who reject other elements of Freud's work, accept the claim that part of the mind is unconscious, and that people often act for reasons of which they are not conscious. Some have criticized Freud for giving too much importance to one or the other of these factors; similarly, …show more content…
The one think that comes to mind when one thinks to Freud is that he oversexualized many things in order to achieve his initial inquiry. But then again, how many great people have done wrong in order to make a right. An example, Phillip Zimbardo, he designed the “Stanford Prison Experiment” and it was something everything disagree with yet now he is one of the many psychologists in the world that has shaped how we think and do research. Mainly why it’s difficult to disagree with anything that Freud did. However, I was surprised to learn that psychoanalytic theory contributes to our music and culture. I always thought that psychoanalytic theory could be applied to other psychology disciplines like anxiety disorders such as phobias, panics attacks, obsessive compulsive disorders (OCD), and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD);