Miles / Meredith Eliminating the Unconscious

A Behaviourist View of Psycho-Analysis
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4831-3861-9
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Web PDF

Eliminating the Unconscious, A Behaviourist View of Psycho-analysis describes the concepts of psycho-analysis in terms of an appropriate understanding in defining psycho-analytic findings. This book attempts to bridge the gap separating psycho-analysis from other areas of psychology because of the presence of conflicting views of psycho-analysis and psychology. The scope is to present that, in principle, the psycho-analytic situation also allows for rational study, with the aim of reformulating some traditional psycho-analytic beliefs into behaviorist concepts. The author then proceeds to compare psycho-analysis and the scientific method, and then evaluates mental and physical illness in new terms. The author also negates the existence of the ''unconscious,'' but as something called ''facon de parler,'' which would make the study of psycho-analysis manageable. The book goes on to describe unconscious mental processes, the ego, super-ego, and id. The text discusses that unconscious mental processes, such as repression, regression, projection, identification, scapegoating, and overcompensation, are really about behavior. The author also takes to task the behaviorist account of psycho-analytic hypothesis of unconscious symbolism, asserting that if such accounts are assumed as true, it can lead to commitments of ''differential predictions.'' The author concludes that in discussing psycho-analysis, talk of traditional philosophical dualism and the like should be avoided. Psychiatrists, psycho-analysts, psychologists, behavioral scientists, and students of psychology and its related branches will find this book unique.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Miles, T. R.

Meredith, G. P.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Eliminating the Unconscious: A Behaviourist View of Psycho-Analysis;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;8
5;Foreword;10
6;Author's Preface;16
7;CHAPTER I. Introductory;20
8;CHAPTER II. Psycho-analysis and Scientific Method;24
9;CHAPTER III. In Defence of Behaviourism;44
10;CHAPTER IV. Mental and Physical Illness;73
10.1;Conclusions;82
11;CHAPTER V. Inner and Outer Reality;84
12;CHAPTER VI. The Unconscious;94
12.1;"The Unconscious" as a Real Thing;95
12.2;The Unconscious as afacon de parler;103
12.3;Conclusions;108
13;CHAPTER VII. Unconscious Mental Processes;109
13.1;Unconscious Knowledge;109
13.2;Unconscious Feelings;111
13.3;Unconscious Wishes;114
13.4;Unconscious Purposes and Motives;115
13.5;Conclusion;120
14;CHAPTER VIII. Ego, Super-ego, and Id;122
15;CHAPTER IX. Defence-mechanisms;131
15.1;Repression;131
16;CHAPTER X. Unconscious Symbolism;140
17;CHAPTER XI. Interpretative Language;149
17.1;The Dualist Account;149
17.2;The "Link" Theory;151
17.3;The "Conditioning" Theory;153
18;CHAPTER XII. Conclusions and Some Further Suggestions;170
19;References;180
20;Name Index;186
21;Subject Index;188