Discussion 1. List two of the five stages of Freudian psychosexual development and briefly describe each. How can understanding of Freud's stages be useful in modern consideration of personality? Discuss the difference between the pleasure principle and the reality principle. How might these be observed in adult behavior?
Discussion 2. Define the Id, Ego, and Superego. How are these three things important to Freud's theory and modern perspectives on personality? Include examples from a current article or research study to illustrate your comments.
Discussion 3. Take one element of the theories or ideas presented this week and apply it to a real person - for example, someone from current events, politics, business, sports, the entertainment field. Define the terms you're using, and apply them to an aspect of this person's life (a specific action, behavior, or decision, for example). How can we understand this person more fully by using this concept to understand him/her?
Please keep this discussion professional remembering that our goal is understanding, never condemning or ridiculing.
Websites:
Freud, Sigmund. (1913). The interpretation of dreams (3rd ed.). (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in New York by Macmillan.(Original German work published 1900.) [The classic psychoanalytic work on dreams.] https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Dreams/index.htm
Freud, Sigmund (1914). The psychopathology of everyday life. (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in London by T. Fisher Unwin. (Original German work published 1901.) [The classic psychoanalytic account of the underlying meaning of slips of the tongue, forgotten names, etc.]https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Psycho/
Freud, Sigmund. (1910). The origin and development of psychoanalysis. American Journal of Psychology, 21, 181-218. [Freud's lectures at Clark University; the introduction of psychoanalysis to North America.] https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/Origin/index.htm
• Introduction to Freud (1910) by Raymond E. Fancher
• Commentary on Freud (1910) by Raymond E. Fancher.
Freud, Sigmund. (1917). The history of the psychoanalytic movement (A. A. Brill, Trans.). Originally published in New York by the Nervous and Mental Disease Pub. Co. (Original German work published 1914.) [Freud's own account of the development of the institutions of psychoanalysis, and of his splits with Adler and with Jung.] https://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Freud/History/index.htm