What is psychoanalysis based on?
The idea that we are aware of the influence of the unconscious mind
How do psychodynamic therapies work?
Talking about negative emotions and bringing unconscious thoughts and feelings to the conscious mind
What is dream as a wish fulfillment?
Freud believed that all dream were the unconscous fulfillment of wishes
What is the symbolic nature of dreams?
Dreams represent unfullfilled wishes and desires
What is manifest content?
What we actually remeber from the dream
What is latent content?
The hidden wish, desire or emotion
What is Dreamwork?
The latent content is turned into manifest content
What is condensation?
Two or more people or objecrs are combined into one image
What is displacement?
The emotional significance of a dream is separated from its real purpose and attached to a different one
What is symbolism?
A symbol takes the place of an person, an object, action, event or idea and gives it meaning
What is Secondary Elaboration?
The unconscious mind puts all the different images together and makes a logical story
What is the role of the therapist?
Reverse the dreamwork and guide the client
What is Freud’s quote about Dream Analysis?
‘Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar’
What did Hopfiled do in 1983?
Carried out research into neural networks, which were computer simulations aimed to mimic the action of the brain.
What did Solms do in 2000?
Used PET scans to highlight the regions of the brain that are active during dreaming
What were the results of Solm’s study?
Results showed that the rational part of the brain is inactive during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep whereas the brain centres concerning memory and motivation are very active.
What is a problem with the price?
It is expensive to go consistently?
Where is research on dream analysis typically done?
In a lab
What is False memory Syndrome?
The client could accidentally make something up leading to the therapist falsely guiding the client
Why may the therapist lie to the client?
To protect them or to get them to stay longer
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Behaviourist Approach35
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Biological Approach24
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Psychodynamic Approach49
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Cognitive Approach23
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Positive Approach28
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Systematic Desensitisation16
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Psychosurgery31
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Dream Analysis20
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Cognitive Behavioural Therapy33
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Mindfulness37
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Watson and Rayner44
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Raine et al31
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Bowlby34
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Loftus and Palmer27
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Myers and Diener44
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Behaviourist Contemporary debate28
