...towards it or compete with others if they want to outshine. They will learn to sharpen their mind in order to stay ahead. His performance is carried into his working life. However, on the negative side, loosing in a competition can be so humbling that the students fall into depression. They may begin to lose self-confidence and question their capability. A student who is always at the top will be under pressure to either maintain his position or to do even better. It can be rather stressful. In this sense, it is not healthy to be too competitive. One can only do one’s best. For students who are not so bright but who are satisfied with their mediocre achievement, such competitive spirit may make them develop an inferiority complex. As a...
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...GUIDANCE & COUNSELING PRE FINALS Princess Shelly Ann Carla Aguiman AB Math Maalaala Mo Kaya(MMK) October 5, 2013 Episode tells about the story of Joan Panopio, the news anchor of TV Patrol Southern Tagalog. Joan came from a family which was not well-off, yet, she kept her high spirits as a child. As a kid, she has dreamed about joining the annual “Sagala”. Yet, because of her physical appearance, she never got a shot at it. She was also insulted and teased because of her looks. Yet, her father always tells her that she is beautiful. She was also discriminated because of their family’s economic status. Her dream was to be the next Korina Sanchez. When she got to college, she took Developmental Communication, a course that would help her get closer to fulfilling her dream. She thought she already lives in an environment where people would accept her no matter what she is. Yet, her classmates still discriminate her, even letting her join a beauty pageant only to make fun of her. Because of that, she regained her childhood fears. As a practicumer, she still experienced the discrimination. These experiences only discouraged her with her dream. She graduated, but she worked in a DVD rental store, a work which is very far from her course. She met a man who eventually became her boyfriend. Her father misjudged him, thinking that Greg influenced her to stay in their town instead of applying for her dream job at Manila. Because of this event, she and her father drifted apart....
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...personality, as well as the individual’s personal history. He found that the ego can function independently and is the most important. Unlike other neo-Freudians, Jung focused on the unconscious, coming up with analytical psychology, his own theories on the unconscious. He came up with a variation of Freud’s ideas of human psyche, ego, consciousness and unconsciousness. Jung also came up with describing our personality as a whole, the concept of the self. Horney was one of the few female psychologists at the time. She focuses o the development of the child as being greatly influenced by their parents and the theory of self. She came up with three strategies go deal with neurosis. Horney had a strong disagreement with Freud’s Oedipus complex and her theory that girls do not only have penis envy, but guys have womb envy. Lastly, Adler focused on childhood and social interactions. He had a strong focus on inferiority complexes, their causes, and ways people deal with them....
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...Date: 21 February 2012 Write an essay about the Oedipus complex. Your essay should explore the history of the concept, its development in psychoanalytic thinking and its wider implications. You should illustrate your understanding with detailed examples from your work setting and/or placement. Essay submitted for the award of MSc in Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy at Birkbeck College, University of London Introduction This paper attempts to trace the evolution of Freud’s concept of the Oedipus complex within psychoanalysis. One case will be considered in detail to illustrate relevant theoretical formulations focussing mainly on the work of Freud, Klein, Britton and Bion. The wider implications of the Oedipus complex will also be considered before I conclude. History of the Oedipus complex and Freud’s theoretic evolution Freud used the term Oedipus complex to describe a boy's feelings of desire for his mother and hostility towards his father which he regarded as a universal event of early childhood. The term is derived from the Greek myth of Oedipus who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother. In a letter to Fliess dating back to 1897, Freud (1954) attributes these ideas to his self analysis and indirectly to the Greek myth as presented in the popular Sophocles’ play ‘Oedipus Rex’. During the late 1890s Freud, theorised that fantasies built around the Oedipus complex were the primary cause of hysteria and other neurotic symptoms...
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...Q2. Why did Hans develop a phobia? (20%) * Set in 1909 * Repression, dreams, fantasy- all part of the case * Mother and child relationship-Infantile sexuality * He was attempting to negotiate Castration and Oedipal complex. * When he tried to negotiate the Oedipus complex, it led to his outbreak of phobia. * Generally, the father’s role is to take up the position of authority and oedipal prohibitor between the mother and son. However, Hans’s father was unable to do so in this case. * What is necessary is that the father must intervene in the mother child relation? – to establish the incest prohibition and establish the “promise” the ego ideal. * Father is the No and the Promise! * So Hans difficulties arise from number of sources; * The mother is overly attached to him and will not allow him to separate * The father cannot take up his position as authority and intervene effectively * The mother – does not listen to/support the father role – continues to take Hans into bed with her regardless of what the father says * At three years of age, he is at the phallic stage- pre-occupied by his widger. * Hans asks his mother if she possess a widger- she affirms Yes. Constant conflict about what he thinks/sees/is told. * Hans not only interested in widdlers but also touching his penis – infantile masturbation * Before his phobia mother threatens Hans that she will call Dr.A to cut it off at 3 ½.However he doesn’t care, no...
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...71 Oedipus Complex, Mate Choice, Imprinting; an Evolutionary Reconsideration of a Freudian Concept based on Empirical Studies Tamas Bereczkei and Petra Gyuris∗ University of Pécs, Hungary Freud’s assumption that the Oedipal relationship plays an important part in shaping the future character of mate choice needs a scientific reconsideration that, in turn, requires setting an empirically testable explanation. The authors hypothesize that the close physical and emotional attachment between the mother and her son includes a sexual imprinting-like mechanism that influences the processing of childhood experiences. Here they present a set of experiments showing that adults prefer long-term partners who resemble the mental representation of their parent of the opposite sex. Furthermore, mating preferences were found to be shaped in the process of attachment; those mothers were most frequently used as mental models for their sons’ mate choice who provided more emotional warmth and less avoidance to their sons during childhood. The implications of the study’s results for the contemporary interpretation of Freudian theory are discussed. Key Words: Oedipal relationship; Mate preferences; Evolutionary psychology. Freud’s theory It is well known that the Oedipus complex plays a pivotal role in Sigmund Freud’s theory. This complex characterizes the early stage (between 3-5 years) of boys’ sexual objectchoice (Freud, 1905, 1938). During this period, boys have sexual feelings towards...
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...irrational and excessive fear of an object or situation (Cherry, 2012). The individual experiences an intense fear of something but he or she does not understand why the fear is occurring. The fear disrupts the well-being of the individual by causing the intense fear he or she will be harmed or endangered. Sigmund Freud who often provided details to understand the anxieties of the mind by his analysis of his cases studies (Cervone & Pervin, 2010). One such case is the analysis of Little Hans who was young child who suffered from an extreme fear of horses biting him and the fear of leaving his home (Cervone & Pervin, 2010). Freud suggested the case of little Hans produced the most compelling evidence for the positive Oedipus complex and suggested the Oedipus complex is a universal phenomenon (Lachmann, 2010). Freud did not analyze Little Hans personality but uniquely corresponded with Hans’s father about the young child’s phobias and conducted therapy through Hans’s father (Garber, 2001). Freud and Hans’s father would discuss the difficulties Little Hans experienced and Freud would instruct Hans’s father to understand Little Hans experiences and suggested techniques to handle the case therapeutically (Garber, 2001). The case of Little Hans is accepted by most psychologists as the first psychoanalytic therapy of children to support Freud’s theory of infantile sexuality. Freud suggested the unconscious mind can create unresolved issues that affect how an individual thinks, feels,...
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...In The Glass Menagerie, Tennessee Williams creates a world full of delusion and fantasy in which the characters are able to ignore the present. Each character develops their own world, far away from reality where they escape to so often sometime it's as they don't realize it isn't real. May it be through the written word, beautiful lyrics and distracting figures, or looking in the past reliving happy times, these characters choose to create a world where they are each in control of their lives. Each family member in The Glass Menagerie lives in a fantasy world to escape the reality of their sad lives. The narrator, Tom, is a complex character. He finds his life to be restricting and boring. Tom feels, since his father left, a sense of responsibility for his mother and sister. Tom craves adventure and fun; he often has a warped sense of priorities. Every chance Tom gets while at work, he goes to the washroom and writes poetry. When Tom isn't working, and doesn't want to be at home, he again neglects his responsibility by going to the movies. This is seen when the lights go out and the Amanda finds that Tom hasn't paid the electric bill. “I go to the movies because - I like adventure. Adventure is something I don't have much of at work, so I go to the movies.” (1210) Though Tom seems bound to the petty world of supporting his family, his obsession with adventure leaves no time to concentrate on his responsibilities as the head of the household or at work. The matriarch of the...
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...adINFERIOTY COMPLEX A term paper presented to MRS.Soriano College of Arts and Science University of Perpetual Help System Dalta In partial fulfillment of the requirements in the subject English 200 By: Pinto, Jesserene Camile P. Polintan, Sophia L. Jose, Stanielle Mannie M. I. Introduction Inferiority complex often used to mean low self-esteem is feeling of intense insecurity of not measuring up. An inferiority can be seen in negative or ”useless” reaction to problem in life. These reactions are useless because they do not solve the problem at hand, but only serve to guard one’s self-esteem by avoiding the task or by placing the blame for the failure outside of the individual’s control. Alfred Adler is one who experienced inferiority complex described that the feeling of inferiority is highly intensified the degree that he will never be able to compensate for his weakness. He believed that everyone started put experiencing feeling of inferiority in childhood, due to the inherently unequal position and psychological dependence experienced by children. Stemming from psychoanalytic branch of psychology, the idea first appeared among many Sigmund Freud’s works and later in the work f his colleague Carl Jung. Alfred Adler, founder of classical alderman psychology held that many neurotic symptoms could be traced to over compensation for the feeling of inferiority complex. The use of the term complex now is generally used to denote the group of emotionally toned...
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...which our group noticed right away was the “Parent-child-relationship” and more specifically the “Father-son-relationship”. In the very beginning of the text we are told that the boy does not like his father (notice p. 534, lines 22-25) Several times in the short story it is outlined that Charlie is actually terrified of him. In contrary to this he adores his mother (see page 534, lines 25-27). Not until the father is taken away Charlie feels that he loves him (537 bottom). In our group we believe that this sudden feeling of love for the father is due to Charlie wanting his mother to himself. When talking about this with the other groups it led to a discussion whether or not this is a picture [jk4] of Freud’s Oedipus complex. Some did not agree on this since the complex occurs much earlier in life. Besides this some argued that Oedipus did not know his parents which Charlie does. But since Freud was just showing the main idea of the myth instead of using it literary,[jk5] the claim that the short story is also about “Freud’s Family Romance” is still supported. The fact that Freud was becoming very popular in England at...
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...from the world there is no harm in calling him/her nerd. But nerds take it to heart. This clearly indicates that they do not like being nerds and instead society has forced them to be one. Moreover, parents nurturing also play a very significant role in making a nerd. If a child from his/her early classes is locked in a room to study, study and study all the time. He/she will have no other option but to actually study all the time. He/she will have no other option but to actually study which will ultimately lead him/her to be a nerd. In addition, competition also plays an important role. The child because of his/her less innate potential might not be able to excel. Thus according to Adler, it will lead him into a state of inferiority complex which will depress him/her in the beginning and will turn him/her into a freak who studies all time to compete with others. However, a person who believes the otherwise that nerds are not forced to become nerd rather it is their personal choice might state that parents can only to a certain...
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...A PASTORAL APPROACH TO THE PROBLEM OF AN INFERIORITY COMPLEX FOR WORKERS IN THE KOREAN CONTEXT BY EUN-MI, HAN THE DEGREE OF MASTER IN THEOLOGY (PRACTICAL THEOLOGY) STUDY-LEADER: PROF. JOHAN J VAN RENSBURG UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY DECEMBER 2011 1 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ....................................................................... 4 1. Introduction ................................................................................................................................. 4 2. Research Problem...................................................................................................................... 5 3. Research Hypothesis ................................................................................................................ 8 4. Research Objectives................................................................................................................11 5. Research Methodology .........................................................................................................13 5.1 The General Psychological Approach ...................................................................13 5.2 The Biblical Principle Approach...............................................................................14 5.3 The Systematic Theology Approach ......................................................................14 5.4 The Pastoral Approach ........................................................................
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...story it is outlined that Charlie is actually terrified of him. In contrary to this he adores his mother (see page 534, lines 25-27). Not until the father is taken away Charlie feels that he loves him (537 bottom). In our group we believe that this sudden feeling of love for the father is due to Charlie wanting his mother to himself. When talking about this with the other groups it led to a discussion whether or not this is a picture [jk4] of Freud’s Oedipus complex. Some did not agree on this since the complex occurs much earlier in life. Besides this some argued that Oedipus did not know his parents which Charlie does. But since Freud was just showing the main idea of the myth instead of using it literary,[jk5] the claim that the short story is also about “Freud’s Family Romance” is still supported. The fact that Freud was becoming very popular in England at that time could furthermore speak for this being the right interpretation. Therefore some agreed that Charlie could just be in the middle of an unsolved Oedipus complex. Another theme within the short story could be manhood. This theme is, however, slightly connected with the abovementioned seeing that this also has something to do with Charlie’s relationship to his father. As already mentioned he is very frightened in the beginning; both as to the situation itself but also as to his father. In our group we agreed that there are two sides of Charlie: one which is brave (the adult side), i.e. the one telling him to...
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...When people are average, they feel connected to the others. Being exceptional or terrible can use to alienating. The city was covered by shadow of clouds. He is the only one person that shiny in a city. They are trying to do their best, but he is just exceptional. They usually win the every single game. However, a ball is on him every game and next game and after next game. The audience can expect that where a ball goes. The other parents are bored even though the soccer game is their favourite and in spite of their son is playing as a player. He is like a peacock, it is probably like a circus for him. “We won again!” He said, and then the others are quiet and not answering. He felt sort of strange about his team, because the others do not give him a response for what he said. The locker room was like cloudy. Any conversations do not occur like usual and a bit strange. In the cloudy and quiet locker room after the soccer game, someone made a conversation about their team. “We don’t look like a team are we?” the others are quiet again and agreed with it. The locker room was like freezing and empathy. It was a time to notice him that what they feel about playing with him. They are average obviously, therefore they are connected. Arguing how to start to tell him in their brain. Finally, they opened their mouses at the same time. Everyone started with “why?” He was surprised, because they opened their mouses at the same time. He realized that their opinions are same. His...
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...Language Domain Your Poem is an indication of your Domain of Language. Scientific Domain - an experiment Scientific thinking = No Faith = Analytical mind! Language – Artist = Faith Be Creative nogre lab dada ! be ham DEVELOP your STYLE of thinking LIKE Change? Change your It will change your “ Life” ! BREAK please nogre lab Dada ! Be ham DAY Evolve with “FAITH” § RISE WITH “ FAITH” GROW WITH “ ANALYTICAL MIND” ADD ON/ TOP UP WITH “CREATIVITY” STAY WITH “FAITH”. § § § EMPOWER your mind with faith! Have faith in ‘faith’ to grow “faithful” ! YOUR QUALITIES ? 1 .Impatient OR Very patient ! 2. Short- tempered 3. Not – very confident ( inferiority complex, or Superiority complex) 4. fault – finding or Egoist & many more Indication of “ NEGATIVE MIND”. YOUR QUALITIES ? Accepts Criticism ! Gets benefited from it. Loves himself/herself. Takes good care of self. Rarest Angry / emotional outburst on anyone. Helps others / Benevolent Act./ Active. Indication of “ Positive mind”. HOW to TRAIN MIND ? Why train ? Mind will train you then. Pre-requisites :- 1. Hold Peace in mind. 2. Unfold hidden springs in 3. Feel Contended Training mind ! Ignite “Desire” to excel ! Keep adding ‘fire’ to that ignited desire. Slowly you “Learn”( without getting finger burn)...
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