Jackson Scott
Psychodynamic Theory
Freud Refection
After watching the “Analysis of the Mind” documentary (link https://www.biography.com/video/sigmund-freud-full-biography-9577539960 ) and having learned about Freud’s major theories in the first day of our workshop, it should be readily evident how Freud’s own life informed the birth of his theories. In a two-page (6+ paragraph reflection paper,) students are to evidence the ability to deconstruct the impact of his work via a historic and sociopolitical lens.
Students are to present three of Freud’s clinical hypotheses (as featured in the film) and make an argument as to the personal root of his claims. Students may consider addressing the following (but not limited to) questions:
How did Freud’s childhood inform his ideas are child development?
How did Freud’s own sexuality, relationship to addiction and/or interpersonal issues with men influence his ideas of adult pathology?
How is Freud’s ego theory related to his own views of himself?
Special attention should be paid as to how history and the dominant discourse of Freud’s time (eg: anti-Semitism, a world war, sexual repression, medical science theory) also may have impacted his work in a macro sense.
This reflection paper is to be uploaded to the Sakai assignments folder before our second workshop meeting.
Helpful links to info.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sigmund-Freud
https://www.livescience.com/54723-sigmund-freud-biography.html