MIND AND BRAIN 5 - Psychoanalysis – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary
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1.From the 1890 until his death in 1939, the Austrian physician Sigmund Freud developed psychoanalysis, a method of investigation of the mind and the way one thinks a systematized set of theories about human behavior and a form of psychotherapy to treat psychological or emotional distress unconscious conflict
2.Freud's psychoanalytic theory was largely based on interpretive methods and clinical observations
3.It became very well known largely because it tackled subjects such as sexuality, repression, and the unconscious mind as general aspects of psychological development
4.These were largely considered taboo subjects at the time and Freud provided a catalyst for them to be openly discussed in polite society
5.Clinically, Freud helped to pioneer the method of free and a therapeutic interest in dream interpretation
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Key Vocabulary (CEFR C2)
humanities
A2The study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history, etc., sometimes inclusive of the study of the ancient Mediterranean generally.
Example:
"while scholars of the humanities maintained that Freud"
maintained
A2To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action.
Example:
"while scholars of the humanities maintained that Freud"
especially
A2(manner) In a special manner; specially.
Example:
"especially unconscious conflict."
introspection
B2A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states
Example:
"introspection and clinical observations."
association
B2The act of associating.
Example:
"Clinically, Freud helped to pioneer the method of free association"
alternative
B2A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
Example:
"alternative form of depth psychology."
discipline
A2A controlled behaviour; self-control.
Example:
"had been misrepresented as a scientific discipline"
marginalizing
B1To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
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"marginalizing Freudian theory and dismissing it as a"
| Word | CEFR | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| humanities | A2 | The study of Ancient Greek and Latin, their literature, history, etc., sometimes inclusive of the study of the ancient Mediterranean generally. |
| maintained | A2 | To support (someone), to back up or assist (someone) in an action. |
| especially | A2 | (manner) In a special manner; specially. |
| introspection | B2 | A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states |
| association | B2 | The act of associating. |
| alternative | B2 | A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities. |
| discipline | A2 | A controlled behaviour; self-control. |
| marginalizing | B1 | To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise. |
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