Course: Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theories

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Course title Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theories
Course code PCH/UPTM
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Machů Klára, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Sigmund Freud life and work. Basic psychoanalytic principles. The affect-trauma frame of reference. Trauma, repression and conversion. Early theory of the neurosis formation. Freud?s theory of psychosexual development. Oedipus complex. Perversions. Classifications of perversions, models of its development. . Topographic model of the mental apparatus. Primary and secondary processes interpretation of dreams. Freud?s concept of the narcissism Structural model of the human psyche. Superego Freud?s theories of anxiety. Freud?s close collaborators: Karl Abraham, Sandor Ferenczi.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Projection (static, dynamic)
  • Semestral Work - 35 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 10 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 4 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Presentation of the classical Freud?s psychoanalysis which influenced substantially next development of the general, developmental psychology and psychoterapy.
Deeper understanding of Freud?s psychoanalysis based on the study of primary sources.
Prerequisites
History of psychology 2

Assessment methods and criteria
Didactic Test, Seminar Work

Participation in teaching, written paper, short test of the knowledge.
Recommended literature
  • Appignanesi, R., Zarate, O. (1996). Freud pro začátečníky. Brno.
  • Babin, P. (1994). Sigmund Freud, tragédie nepochopení. Martin.
  • Černoušek, M. (1996). Sigmund Freud, dobyvatel nevědomí. Praha.
  • Freud Sigmund. (1993). Vybrané spisy II. . Praha.
  • Freud Sigmund. (1991). Vybrané spisy I.. Praha.
  • Freud Sigmund. (1994). Výklad snů. Pelhřimov.
  • Sayersová, J. (1999). Matky psychoanalýzy. Praha.
  • Schwarz, J. (2003). Dějiny psychoanalýzy. Praha.
  • Storr A. (1996). Freud. Praha.


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