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Archived Version 2023 - 2024
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Description This module aims to enable the student to critically evaluate the place of the unconscious in the development of psychological theory and to develop a critical appraisal of the fundamental characteristics associated with psychoanalytic approaches. Students will be introduced to the work of significant theorists in the field of psychoanalysis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Learning Outcomes 1. Critically examine the place of psychoanalytic theory and practice within the field of psychology 2. Critically evaluate the impact the discovery of the unconscious had on the development of a psychical topography 3. Critically analyse psychoanalytic frameworks of development and psychopathology 4. Examine the effect of language on the development of the unconscious 5. Compare and contrast theoretical positions (e.g. Freud, Klein, Jung, Erikson, Bowlby and Lacan) 6. Consider and critically explore the development of a psychoanalytic theory of group psychology and social aspects of psychoanalysis. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml |
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Indicative Content and
Learning Activities Introduction to PsychoanalysisThe Unconscious and LanguageThe Unconscious, Language Desire, the Oedipus Complex and Freud’s essays on sexualityGroups, Organisations and Psychoanalysis- BionDefence MechanismsPsychodynamic psychotherapyDiscourse, Fundamental Concepts, PracticeTransference and the subject-other relationship - LacanDreams and JokesObject Relations - KleinLove Happiness and RelationshipsCollective unconscious and archetypes - JungAttachment theory - BowlbyStages of Psychosocial Development - EriksonRace, Gender, Sexuality, Social Class within Psychoanalysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Indicative Reading List
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Other Resources 60023, website, 0, www.lacanonline.com, 60024, website, 0, www.lacanianireland.com, | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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