After reading Chapter 2, you should be able to: - Describe how Freud's childhood experiences may have influenced his theory of personality.
- Argue pro or con whether Freud was scientific in his writings.
- Identify and explain the three levels of mental life.
- Describe the three provinces of the mind and their characteristics.
- Explain Freud's concept of the sexual and aggressive instincts.
- Discuss the importance of anxiety in psychoanalytic theory.
- List the Freudian defense mechanisms and give examples of each.
- Summarize the psychosexual stages of development and their possible effects on personality.
- Trace the development of the Oedipus complex for both boys and girls.
- Debate the accuracy of Freud's concept of women.
- Compare Freud's early therapeutic technique with his later approach and explain how his shift in techniques may have permanently altered the history of psychoanalysis.
- Explain Freud's concept of dreams.
- Discuss recent research related to Freud's concept of dreams.
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