HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
psychology
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Gaby Shefler
Coordinator Office Hours:
before and after class time
Teaching Staff:
Dr.
Course/Module description:
The lectures will deal with the theoretic and clinical fundamentals of Freudian Psychoanalysis.
Psychoanalysis in light and context of the history of culture - the boundary between the nineteenth and the twentieth century, the unconscious before Freud and the Freudian unconscious.
Freud - the man, his work and legacy, transition from hypnosis to psychoanalysis.
The depth psychology - primary processes, creativity, dreams, psychopathology of everyday life. The psychology of the ego - structural model. The Psychopathology of the superego - pathological mourning and depression. The structure of neurosis.
Demonstration of Neurotic pictures. Psychological defense mechanisms. The psychoanalytic technique - free associations, regression, transference and countertransference.
Cultural criticism - the psychology of groups. Objections to psychoanalysis - personal responsibility argument of Jean-Paul Sartre.
Course/Module aims:
1-Acquaintance with the basic concepts of Freudian psychoanalysis.
2-Clarification and discussion of the historical background and of different cultural influences on the course of the Freudian Psychoanalysis development.
3-Presentation of Freudian psychoanalysis as a movement with independent cultural characteristics that cannot be deducted to therapeutic practice only.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
1-Ability to read critically the writings of Freud.
2-Ability to apply psychoanalytic tools in the process of reading other texts in psychology.
Attendance requirements(%):
85
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Frontal lectures.
Writing three exercises with written feedback.
Small group discussion exercise - elective.
Submission of a final paper.
Course/Module Content:
First Lecture: Psychoanalysis and the spirit of the time.
Second lecture: The unconscious before Freud, Freud's unconscious.
Third Lecture: Freud the man, doctor, scientist and cultural critic. The transition from hypnosis to psychoanalysis.
Fourth Lecture: Instincts theory - the first models of personality. Psycho-sexual developmental stages.
Fifth Lecture: depth psychology: primary processes, Interpretation of Dreams.
Sixth Lecture: Interpretation of dreams, The Psychopathology of everyday life.
Seventh Lecture: Psychology of Ego - structural model, Psychopathology of the superego.
Eighth Lecture: anxiety. The general theory of neuroses.
Ninth Lecture: psychological defense mechanisms.
Tenth lecture: psychological defense mechanisms. Clinical neurotics pictures.
Lecture Eleven: The psychoanalytic technique.
Lecture Twelve: Freud and Cultural Criticism.
Lecture Thirteen: objections to psychoanalysis - Sartre against psychoanalysis.
Lecture Fourteen: Summary, questions and preparation for the final task.
Required Reading:
Freud, S. (1917). Mourning and melancholia. Standard edition, 14(237-258).
Freud, S. (1958). A note on the unconscious in psycho-analysis The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Volume XII (1911-1913): The Case of Schreber, Papers on Technique and Other Works (pp. 255-266).
Freud, S. (1975). Group Psychology and the Analysis of the Ego: WW Norton & Company.
Freud, S. (1977). Introductory lectures on psycho-analysis (Vol. 1): WW Norton & Company.
Sartre, J. P. (1969). Self-deception. Existentialism from Dostoyevsky to Sartre. Cleveland: The World Publishing Co.
Additional Reading Material:
Wangh, M. (1988). The genetic sources of Freud's difference with Romain Rolland on the matter of religious feelings. Fantasy, myth and reality: Essays in honour of Jacob A. Arlow, 259-285.
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 0 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 100 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
Additional information:
Teaching Assistant:
Refael Yonatan Leus
refael.yonatan@mail.huji.ac.il
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