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Freud: Psychoanalysis
Chapter 2
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Outline
• Overview of Psychoanalytic Theory
• Biography of Freud
• Levels of Mental Life
• Provinces of Mind
• Dynamics of Personality
• Defense Mechanisms
• Drives
– Libido or Sex Drive
– Thanatos or Aggression/Destructive Drive
• Anxiety
– Neurotic Anxiety
– Moral Anxiety
– Realistic Anxiety
• Defense Mechanisms
– Neuropsychological underpinnings of repression
• Research on Dreams
– Activation-synthesis theory