Psychoanalysis at one time was able to turn the concept of human personality in psychology. Over time, the followers of the doctrine introduced new terms and concepts that made it easier to work with the human psyche, aimed at finding unconscious motives and hidden fears.
Psychoanalysis in psychology is associated primarily with the name of Sigmund Freud. Carl Gustav Jung continued his teaching, deeply delving into it and adding many new things, including such a concept as the "collective unconscious".
Psychoanalysis of Sigmund Freud
The laws of psychology are deep and multifaceted. It is psychoanalysis that acts as one of the most effective methods in the study of the psyche. When at one time Freud founded this direction, the world of psychology literally turned upside down, as it received a completely new understanding of the human psyche.
The scientist identified three main components in the psyche:
- the conscious part;
- preconscious;
- the unconscious.
In his opinion, the preconscious is a repository of many desires and fantasies. Its parts can be redirected to the conscious area if you pay attention to one of the desires. Those moments of life that the individual cannot be aware of, since this is clearly contrary to moral principles and attitudes, or appears as too painful, are located in the unconscious.
The unconscious part is separated from the other two parts of the consciousness by censorship. In psychology, psychoanalysis studies the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious.
Subsequently, the following means of psychoanalysis were identified in psychological science:
- analysis of random actions related to the symptomatic type that occur in everyday life;
- analysis using free associations;
- analysis using the interpretation of dreams.
Psychoanalysis and Practical Psychology
With the help of various teachings of psychological science, people can find answers to multiple questions born in the depths of the soul. Psychoanalysis is aimed at prompting the search for an answer, which is often narrow and specific. Psychologists around the world mostly work with the client's motivations, emotions, relationship with reality, the world of feelings and images. But analysts are focused on the human unconscious.
Regardless of the obvious differences, there are similarities in practical psychology and psychoanalysis. For example, in the book "Psychology and Psychoanalysis of Character" by Raigorodsky, there is a description of social and individual characters. He does not forget about the typology of psychoanalysis, since the inner world of any individual begins in the area of the unconscious.
Psychoanalysis and social psychology
In this direction, psychoanalysis has a name as "analytical psychology". It is aimed at researching personal actions, taking into account the role of the social environment, as well as motives.
