PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF PERSONALITY (PY2021)

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Centers on the development of Freud's metapsychology. Critically examines the different formulations of the following concepts: the unconscious, the structural approach (i.e., Ego, Id, Super Ego), representation, anxiety, drive, cathexis, and the mother-infant relationship. Jung's revisions of basic analytic concepts will be examined.

Code: 
PY2021
Name: 
PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF PERSONALITY
Discipline: 
PY (Psychology)
Type: 
GE110
Level: 
Undergraduate
Credits: 
4
Can be taken twice for credit?: 
No
Pre-requisites: 
None
Co-requisites: 
None

Learning Outcomes

  1. To introduce students to the conceptualization of individual human behavior (both overt and covert), emotion, affects and relationships, and to the theorization about possible causes of these phenomena.
  2. Likewise to familiarize students with the historic debates by major psycho-dynamic thinkers about normality, pathology, motivation, development, and to provide students with insights (both critical and analytical) into themselves, their families and other members of their society.
  3. Ultimately, students should develop a critical analytic open-minded understanding of human nature in a disciplined way.

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Term Code Name
Fall 2018 PY2021 PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORIES OF PERSONALITY