• Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development relating to the practice of psychoanalysis...
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  • of the theory of repression and resistance appreciation of the importance of sexuality and of the Oedipus complex. Using no less psychoanalytical terms...
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    Sigmund Freud's best known published works. It set the stage for his psychoanalytic work and Freud's approach to the unconscious with regard to the interpretation...
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  • Psychoanalytic film theory is a school of academic thought that evokes the concepts of psychoanalysts Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan. The theory is closely...
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  • Object relations theory is a school of thought in psychoanalytic theory and psychoanalysis centered around theories of stages of ego development. Its concerns...
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  • Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender (1978); Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory (1989); Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities: Freud and Beyond...
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    led him to formulate the Oedipus complex as the central tenet of psychoanalytical theory. His analysis of dreams as wish-fulfilments provided him with models...
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    Oedipus complex (category Psychoanalytic terminology)
    In classical psychoanalytic theory, the Oedipus complex (also spelled Œdipus complex) refers to a son's sexual attitude towards his mother and concomitant...
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    (2008). "Psychoanalytic Constructs and Attachment Theory and Research". In Cassidy J, Shaver PR (eds.). Handbook of Attachment, Second Edition: Theory, Research...
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    (1987). Fact and Fantasy in the Seduction Theory: a Historical Review. Journal of the American Psychoanalytic Association, xxxv: 937-65; Israëls, H. and...
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    exist a variety of theories for why collecting behavior occurs, including consumerism, materialism, neurobiology and psychoanalytic theory. The psychology...
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    of subtypes of psychoanalysis. Sigmund Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory. This theory focuses on the impact of unconscious forces on human behavior...
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    scientific theories, including model psychosis theory, filtration theory, psychoanalytic theory, entropic brain theory, integrated information theory, and predictive...
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  • of the Oedipus complex. This theory came into the popular consciousness in America in the 1940s. The psychoanalytic theory, often referred to as the psychodynamic...
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  • Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis (1946) p. 265 "Psychosexual Development". Victorianweb.org. Retrieved 2014-02-17. Otto Fenichel, The Psychoanalytic...
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  • thought-feeling formations". Affect theory is explored in philosophy, psychoanalytic theory, gender studies, and art theory. Eve Sedgwick and Lauren Berlant...
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    father, with an authoritarian personality. After studying more psychoanalytic theory, Horney regretted not objecting to her husband ruling over their...
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    criticised by academic psychologists and ostracised by the psychoanalytic community, attachment theory has become the dominant approach to understanding early...
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  • Psychoanalytic literary criticism is literary criticism or literary theory that, in method, concept, or form, is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis...
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  • and Theory. 25 (4): 1099–1126. doi:10.1093/jopart/muu056. S2CID 153985343. Bendicsen, Harold K (2009). Guide to Psychoanalytic Developmental Theories. New...
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  • synonymous with his Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis; and this text is regarded as synonymous with reliable and comprehensive psychoanalytic knowledge." Nevertheless...
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  • An important difference between relational theory and traditional psychoanalytic thought is in its theory of motivation, which would 'assign primary importance...
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    effects on marriage and divorce, income, or college education. From a psychoanalytic point of view, Sigmund Freud described the father figure as essential...
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  • last century. Psychoanalytic dream interpretation is used mainly for therapeutic purposes in a variety of settings. Although these theories are used, none...
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    Jocasta complex (category Psychoanalytic terminology)
    In psychoanalytic theory, the Jocasta complex is the incestuous sexual desire of a mother towards her son. Raymond de Saussure introduced the term in...
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    are inconclusive, various theories and studies suggest multiple possible causes, of a neurochemical, genetic, psychoanalytic, or environmental nature....
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  • Death drive (category Psychoanalytic terminology)
    In classical Freudian psychoanalytic theory, the death drive (German: Todestrieb) is the drive toward death and destruction, often expressed through behaviors...
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  • psychology, an influential school of thought within psychodynamic/psychoanalytic theory which helped transform the modern practice of analytic and dynamic...
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  • misguided assumptions about evolved human nature originating from psychoanalytic theory. Proponents of TMT argue that the cultural self-esteem that counters...
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  • perspectives informed by both the Marxist philosophy of Karl Marx and the psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud. Its history within continental philosophy began...
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