Introduction to psychoanalytic theory
Mr Peter Macris
6 points * Two 1-hour lectures and one 2-hour workshop per week * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: APY2020
Objectives On completion of this subject students will be able to provide biographical accounts of selected theorists associated with the psychoanalytic model; compare Freud's structural and psychodynamic models of the psyche with those of Jung and Adler, and critically examine the assumptions underlying each theory; compare the training, techniques and tools of psychologists with those of analysts and to examine the function of transference and counter transference during the process of analysis; compare and evaluate reductive and prospective approaches in dream analysis and to examine the different techniques associated with these approaches, that is, free association, amplification, active imagination; examine the nature of archetypes in Jungian theory and the role of symbols and mythology; examine the significance of birth order in Adlerian theory and the nature of fictional final goals; compare and evaluate the personality typology classifications provided by psychoanalytical theorists; have practise in scoring, interpreting and evaluating psychological tests associated with the theoretical orientations, eg Rorschach, Thematic Apperception Test, Word Association Test, Singer Loomis Test, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator; examine contemporary psychoanalytic issues, eg short versus long term therapy.
Synopsis Introduction to the development, applications and evaluation of psychoanalytic theories of Freud, Adler, Jung, Klein and Hillman. The subject will examine models of personality associated with the various theories as well as techniques used in a psychoanalytical setting (eg dream analysis, mythological amplification, transference, typology).
Assessment Examination: 45% * Seminar presentation: 20% * One essay: 35%
Prescribed texts
Klein M The writings of Melanie Klein Hogarth, 1975
Lundin R W Adler's basic concepts and implications Accelerated Development, 1989
Macmillan M B Freud evaluated: The completed arc North-Holland, 1991
Stevens A On Jung Penguin, 1990
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