Posted by daisym on December 5, 2005, at 0:23:08
In reply to Re: Freud thoughts, posted by alexandra_k on December 4, 2005, at 20:59:10
I think we all have to remember that just prior to Freud physicians thought that the female uterus could move around the body causing a variety of symptoms and mental illnesses -- hence the term hysterical. So the fact that Freud considered other explanations was progress in and of itself.
I think I have the biggest trouble with the "blank screen" no response therapist advocated by Freud. I think it must have caused no end of frustration for his patients. I much prefer the humanistic view of optimal frustration.
And while Freud's developmental stages correlate to what can be observed it has long been shown that progression through these states may not be linear and may never be completed. We now know that Piaget, who based a lot of his work on Freud, was wrong about what infants and toddlers can learn and how they think. We have the technology to watch brain growth now, and it fascinates me that experience shapes this growth and development. So it is nurture as much as nature and perhaps more.
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