the psyche's drive to achieve satisfaction. it includes the sexual drive.
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what is the oedipus complex?
young boys experience sexual desires for their mothers, leading to a deep hatred of the father - later in life they feel guilt towards these mixed emotions and so turn to religion for atonement.
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freud believed religion is created in by the mind to...
help us overcome inner psychological conflict
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what is animism?
the belief that natural phenomena such as animals, rocks, trees, thunder or celestial bodies have life or divinity.
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according to freud how does the mind control feelings of guilt?
create a totum (investing stones, trees etc with spirits) and redirecting the feelings of guilt onto the totum and make amends through prayer and sacrifice.
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jung disagreed with freud's conclusion that:
religion is a neurosis caused by sexual trauma
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what is the collective unconscious?
part of persons mind that is common to all human beings- unconscious. oldest part of the mind giving us the tendency to create primordial images.
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jung worked with patients suffering from
schizophrenia
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what is an archetype?
the part of the psyche which creates primordial images
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what is the shadow?
our tendency to put up a front to cover up our true natures for the benefit of society, the shadow is the darker sides of our characters, personification of evil.
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what is individuation?
the process by which individuals integrate the conscious and unconscious parts of their personality.
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what is a collective neurosis?
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a neurotic illness that afflicts all people
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what is the libido?
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what is the oedipus complex?
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freud believed religion is created in by the mind to...
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