Essays on Psychoanalysis

The book beyond the pleasure principle was written in 1920 by Sigmund Freud; it marked a significant turn to his theoretical approaches. Previously, the author attributed human actions to sexual instincts (libido or Eros), but with this book, Freud went above the simple pleasure principle and developed his theory with...

[Critical evaluation of the usefulness of Freud concept of the unconscious for understanding human psychology][Date of Submission]IntroductionThis essay aims to address the question that whether the unconscious concept proposed by Freud is useful for understanding human psychology. Sigmund Freud was one of the most prominent neurologists, who developed the psychoanalytic...

Psychosocial Disorder and Social Media Psychosocial disorder is a condition in which one's conduct and attitude are influenced by their social life. Given the availability of technology, most people's social life center around social media. A social life is necessary for leading a normal existence. If a person spends the majority...

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2-RF) The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2-RF) is a standardized examination used to assess adult psychological profiles developed by Hathaway and McKinley of the University of Minnesota. Internalizing and externalizing psychopathology are involved in clinical testing, whereas positive, negative, and constraint emotionality are included in normal...

Emotion is a complicated psychophysiological experience that is influenced by our interactions with our surroundings. Positive and negative emotions are both possible. There is also a link between emotions and objects, experiences, social feelings, and self-appraisal sensations. Some emotions, such as love, joy, rage, and fear, are intrinsic. Personal experiences,...

While flaming and trolling are common behaviors among many online users on many platforms, I was curious about the main goal behind such behaviors and what psychologically inspires the activity. While a troll is a verbal or physical action intended merely to elicit a reaction from a person or group,...

Sigmund Freud, who was an Austrian neurologist and popularly regarded as the father of psychoanalysis, wrote the post, "Sigmund Freud 1856-1939." Freud explores the way personality establishes social relations. He thought that all a person does has a psychological motive that is rooted in the mind's unconscious level. It can...

The psychological component of the sexual impulse is known as psychosexual. In this theory, Freud describes that psychosexual development is an integral part of the model of psychoanalytic sensual drive that has an intimate drive that progresses in five phases from the time they are born. According to Freud's philosophy,...

Gaia Pianigiani showed the use of six sociological principles in Pope Francis Pursued Psychoanalysis article 42 The paper illustrated sociological concepts such as collective imagination, socialization, sex and gender, social stratification, racism and the sociology model. At the age of 42, the Pope met psychoanalyst for over six months on a...