Do you agree or disagree with Freud’s theory of the unconscious? Give your reasons for your response.
Week 1 Discussion
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1. Do you agree or disagree with Freud’s theory of the unconscious? Give your reasons for your response. What do you think Freud means by saying it’s our “real self, ” and do you agree with him? How do Psychedelic Freudyou think the unconscious affects our daily thoughts, feelings and behaviors? Give an example from your own life.
2. Give your opinion about the theory of the Oedipal and Electra complexes. Would you agree or disagree that all children go through these complexes? Explain why you agree or disagree.
3. What effect do you think Freud’s theories continue to have on both psychology and popular culture? Give at least two examples.
yin yang 4. Do you agree or disagree with Jung’s ideas regarding personality types? Give your reasoning for your answer. How might understanding your “type” help you to understand yourself and others better? Give examples. (To get your own personality type, go to the assessments section.)
5. Do you think Jung’s philosophy that we should always try to be ourselves no matter what is true? Why or why not? What might the consequences, both positive and negative, be of always being yourself? Give examples.
6. Explain your opinion about the validity of Jung’s ideas regarding the collective unconscious and archetypes. What kind of archetypes do you see in yourself and the people around you? Give one example of how you think these archetypes are manifested in yourself and one example of how you see them manifested in someone you know or someone famous.
You may also use this resource:
Schultz, D., & Schultz, S. (2013). Theories of personality (10th ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth
Here is a sample response with references below:
1. Do you agree or disagree with Freud’s theory of the unconscious? Give your reasons for your response. What do you think Freud means by saying it’s our “real self, ” and do you agree with him? How do you think the unconscious affects our daily thoughts, feelings and behaviors? Give an example from your own life.
I agree with Freud’s theory of unconsciousness that this is a place where painful memories or socially unacceptable thoughts can be pushed aside to so that we are able to effectively navigate the social norms of the society that we live in (Schultz & Schultz, 2013). It is common to hear of people who have “repressed” painful memories (Schultz & Schultz, 2013, p. 53), so this certainly supports the theory of the existence of a space that stores them. When Freud says that this unconscious is our real self, I agree, as this space represents all of one’s thoughts, memories and experiences; painful or pleasant, not just the ones that have been filtered through social norms. I think that the unconscious is the tool that cultivates our thoughts, feelings, and to some degree; subsequently, our behavior, but within the process of thinking, feeling and behaving, our learned social norms begin to regulate our thinking, which inevitably shapes our behavior.
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