Sentences with phrase «freudian theory»

Playing and Reality was Winnicott's final book and to Adam Phillips it represented a radical revision — a wild and extraordinary leap beyond the boundaries of Kleinian and Freudian theory.

In Freudian theory, the id is the division of the psyche that is totally unconscious and serves as the source of instinctual impulses and demands for immediate satisfaction of primitive needs.

While there, check out the concurrent show «Fantasy Can Invent Nothing New,» which features commissioned works by 12 international artists exploring a Freudian theory about dreams, in which the psychoanalyst speculated that the mind creates fantasy out of what we already know — an apt metaphor for making art.

Her longstanding interest in psychoanalysis and Freudian theory burgeoned during this time and later served as a source of inspiration in her abstract art.

Freudian psychoanalytic theory was a crucial component of the Surrealist sensibility, and it also enjoyed a huge following among New York intellectuals; for Gottlieb, an additional appeal was that Freudian theory was saturated with allusions to classical mythology - the most famous instance, of course, being Freud's theory of the Oedipus complex.

Historians posit that Abstract Expressionism comes from three major sources: Kandinsky's abstraction, the Dadaist's reliance on chance, and the Surrealist's endorsement of Freudian theory that embraces the relevance of dreams, sexual drives (libido) and the authenticity of ego (unfiltered self - centeredness, known as narcissism), which this art expresses through «action.»

I honestly can't remember a film that revelled in Freudian theory quite this much.

Psychology is more than just debating Freudian theory or examining someone's personality based on the results of an... (read more)

«Most of the dream studies that have come out have been either just categorising what's in the dreams or seriously driven by Freudian theory,» Stickgold says.

Popularized versions of Freudian theory sometimes lead to a reversal of Victorian dualisms; when the values are reversed, the «worst» sin becomes denial of sexual desire!

«13 What happens, in Freudian theory, is that the natural love power becomes frustrated and is not creatively expressed because of the fears and inhibitions which arise in the infantile situation.

Don Carveth, an emeritus professor at York University and a practising psychoanalyst, dusted off some Freudian theory for me, suggesting that the office nemesis could be a case of transference.

Early paintings reflect his interest in Cubism, biomorphic Surrealism, Jungian and Freudian theories of the unconscious, and African and Native American art.

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This view does not commit us to any one theory of infantile sexuality such as the Freudian.

Freudian Fraud: The Malignant Effect of Freud's Theory on American Thought and Culture by E. Fuller Torrey, M.D. HarperCollins, 362 pages, $ 25 This book has its flaws, especially with regard to Freudian thought, but its contributions to our understanding of how Freudian concepts were used to....

Although many of Freud's ideas have since been modified or rejected, researchers in the emerging field of neuropsychoanalysis have started to argue in favor of his theories, pointing out brain structures relating to Freudian concepts such as libido, the unconscious, and repressed desire.

Harvard neurobiologist J. Allan Hobson used recordings of brain activity from sleeping people to gleefully trash psychoanalytic dream theory, and by implication, the central Freudian ideas of censorship and repression.

Hitchcock's own fascination with Freudian behavioral theories provided the impetus for his interest in Winston Graham's novel, although he does contort the plot in such a fashion as to provide for a better cinematic presentation (and more censor palatable reason behind Marnie's weird behavior).

He reviews the divide between Freudian and behavioral psychology before launching into the classic theories of child development.

Discuss his analysis of «to be or not to be» in terms of Freudian / Oedipal theories.

Uninterested in the figurative subject matter or the political implications of Surrealism, whose aim was to effect revolution, he nevertheless took to its theory of «psychic automatism,» which accorded with his feeling for Freudian psychoanalysis and the work of the French Symbolist poets.

Now a mid-career artist, Zeng's early paintings conjure haunting, psychological qualities that evince a distinctly Freudian influence and style, both in terms of Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, and his theories concerning the depth of the human psyche, as well as the muscular energy of his grandson, the painter.

Despite the historical significance of Attachment Theory (e.g., refuting Freudian claims; challenging behaviorism), coverage in Social Psychology textbooks is usually limited to the prototypical descriptions by Bartholomew and Horowitz (1991) and connections to other aspects of relationships, such as the modes of self - disclosure by each attachment style (Collins & Freeney, 2004; Mashek & Sherman, 2004).

Other treatments listed comprise a historical tour of psychotherapy: Freudian dream analysis, Jungian sand trays, past lives, future lives, primal scream, Erhard Seminar Training, Bettelheim's model for treating childhood autism, family therapy for schizophrenia based on the double - bind theory, marathon encounter groups, and holding therapy for attachment disorders.

Thus, the whole attachment theory developed from Freudian ideas.

Her study ended with what became the all time famous theory on the 3 parenting styles: the authoritarian (the behaviorist approach), permissive (Freudian) and the authoritative.

The ethology of attachment theory posits that the most critical component of child - parent relationships is the desire to seek safety, rather than the Freudian - proposed hunger drive -LRB-

The ethology of attachment theory posits that the most critical component of child - parent relationships is the desire to seek safety, rather than the Freudian - proposed hunger drive (Blizard & Bluhm, 1994; Bowlby, 1988; Fairbain, 1952).