Psychology and Freudian Theory

An Introduction

Paul Kline

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2014
• Print ISBN:
  9780415058780
• eBook ISBN:
  9781317762102
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Mental Health in Psychology
• Index: Psychology

This is a clear and accessible introduction to Freudian theory and its status in modern psychology. Paul Kline examines the evidence for and against psychoanalytic theories and shows that, far from being out of date, they can be supported by modern psychological research. He writes for the student and the non-specialist, drawing on numerous, often lighthearted, examples taken from real life and pointing to the implications of his findings for educational, clinical and industrial psychologists.
After a brief introduction to Freudian theory and its development through the work of Jung, Adler and Melanie Klein, Paul Kline describes the objections that have been raised to psychoanalytic theories and some possible answers Important aspects of Freudian theory concerning child development, the Oedipus complex, dreaming and the nature of the unconscious are examined to see whether they can be said to be true or false, and are compared when possible with their modern psychological counterparts. The book concludes with a discussion of the broader social implications of Freudian theory and its value for those concerned with child development - parents and educators - and for those involved in mental health.
Psychology and Freudian Theory will be welcomed by all those with an interest in human behaviour and by the wide spectrum of social studies students.

Subject index

activation of unconscious conflict, 111–15

aggression, 16, 42, 81, 136, 141, 144, 150–1

Ai3Q, 62, 63–4

America, reaction to Freud, 45

anal character, 14, 26, 61–3, 64

anal erotism, 13–14, 26, 61

anal fixation, 13–14

anality, 61–3

anal phase of psychosexual development, 11, 21

analytical psychology, 37

Anatomy of Human Destructiveness, The (E. Fromm), 145

anima, 39

anthropology, 67, 74, 75

anti-Semitism, 25, 142–3, 144

anxiety, 22, 90, 91, 106; castration anxiety, 68–9, 70, 71, 73, 90

artistic production, and sexual repression, 149, 150

authoritarian personality, 62

behaviour: and defence mechanisms, 26, 27; and the id, ego and superego, 19; influence of unconscious on, 4, 15; psychoanalysis provides insight into, 2; psychoanalysis to uncover laws of, 5, 6; psychoanalytic theory offers coherent account of, 48; psychology as science of, 2; psychosexual theory and, 11–15

biting, 11, 12, 13, 59; see also pencil biters

bowel-training, 13, 62, 63, 64

boys: castration complex, 10, 70; Oedipus complex, 10, 72; shape preferences, 79, 80; superego, 18

castration complex, 10–11, 18, 34, 57, 65–75

castration wish, 73

catharsis, 28

changing into opposites, 32

child: castration complex, 10–11; child-rearing studies, 66–72; ego, 17–18; handling faeces, 21; Oedipus complex, 10; psychosexual development, 11, 12, 52–64; study of, in early months, 42

clitoris, 11, 34, 151, 152, 153

closed energy model, 20, 141

closed-loop method, 110

collective unconscious, 38, 39, 41

condensation, 31

conscience, 18

conscious, the, 16, 17

control groups, 120, 121, 125, 130

criterion of psychotherapeutic success,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Acknowledgements
• ONE The nature of psychoanalysis
• TWO An outline of psychoanalytic theory
• THREE Point counterpoint: some objections to Freudian theory and some solutions
• FOUR Psychoanalytic theories of child development
• FIVE Oedipus and castration complexes
• SIX Dreaming
• SEVEN The nature of the unconscious
• EIGHT Psychoanalysis and psychotherapy
• NINE The implications of the theory
• TEN Conclusions and postscript
• References
• Name index
• Subject index