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PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology

Lecture 03 - Foundations: Freud. This lecture introduces students to the theories of Sigmund Freud, including a brief biographical description and his contributions to the field of psychology. The limitations of his theories of psychoanalysis are covered in detail, as well as the ways in which his conception of the unconscious mind still operate in mainstream psychology today. (from oyc.yale.edu)

Lecture 03 - Foundations: Freud

Time Lecture Chapters
[00:00:00] 1. Sigmund Freud in a Historical Context
[00:06:51] 2. Unconscious Motivation: The Id, Ego and Superego
[00:13:46] 3. Personality Development and Psychosexual Development
[00:20:32] 4. Defense Mechanisms, the Aims of Psychoanalysis, Dreams
[00:29:02] 5. Question and Answer on Freud's Theories
[00:32:56] 6. Controversies and Criticisms on Freud's Theories
[00:42:10] 7. Examples of the Unconscious in Modern Psychology
[00:51:55] 8. Further Question and Answer on Freud

References
Lecture 3 - Foundations: Freud
Instructor: Professor Paul Bloom. Resources: PowerPoint Slides from Screen - Lecture 3 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov].

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Lecture 01 - Introduction
Lecture 02 - Foundations: This Is Your Brain
Lecture 03 - Foundations: Freud
Lecture 04 - Foundations: Skinner
Lecture 05 - What Is It Like to Be a Baby: The Development of Thought
Lecture 06 - How Do We Communicate?: Language in the Brain, Mouth and Hands
Lecture 07 - Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Language (cont.); Vision and Memory
Lecture 08 - Conscious of the Present; Conscious of the Past: Vision and Memory (Cont.)
Lecture 09 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Love
Lecture 10 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Evolution and Rationality
Lecture 11 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part I
Lecture 12 - Evolution, Emotion, and Reason: Emotions, Part II
Lecture 13 - Why Are People Different?: Differences
Lecture 14 - What Motivates Us: Sex
Lecture 15 - A Person in the World of People: Morality
Lecture 16 - A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part I
Lecture 17 - A Person in the World of People: Self and Other, Part II; Some Mysterious
Lecture 18 - What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part I
Lecture 19 - What Happens When Things Go Wrong: Mental Illness, Part II
Lecture 20 - The Good Life: Happiness