Psychoanalysis (Freud)

[braindev]

This approach was developed by Sigmund Freud. It has three main parts to it, and those are: 1) a method of investigation of the mind; 2) a systematized body of knowledge about human behavior; and 3) a method of treatment of psychological or emotional illness.

Underneath this umbrella are at least 20 variations of the theory including those form Freud's collegue, Carl Jung.  While popular in early studies, this approach has now been criticized by many, including feminist groups for being male centered.

[Bill Hemphill]

This approach was developed by Sigmund Freud. It has three main parts to it, and those are: 1) a method of investigation of the mind; 2) a systematized body of knowledge about human behavior; and 3) a method of treatment of psychological or emotional illness.

Underneath this umbrella are at least 20 variations of the theory including those form Freud's collegue, Carl Jung.  While popular in early studies, this approach has now been criticized by many, including feminist groups for being male centered.

Braindev, as the mind wends it's way through the brain and all it's synapses and dendrites(I am not a neurologist) the process of personality development becomes recorded as a path in the brain most traveled. Jung noted that there were symbols in life that a persons mind responds to.

   We actually record a level of energy on a location in the brain along with the symbol and how we are to respond. The more energy the stronger the impulse the less energy the less of a response. It could mean "nothing" to us or it could have a booster similar to "nitrous" being used to boost the response in a race car. In humans it is known as hormones. These  boost the response of a sexual thought making an attachment of a notion combined with a symbol to a location in the brain that steads the combination creating the personality characteristic. Not understanding these things leads people to believe they are born the way they are. There are even subtle personality characteristics, they have no booster just steads in the brain where they are available to respond to one or more of life's symbols. Bill