Fact and Fantasy in Freudian Theory (RLE: Freud)Originally published in 1972, this second edition in 1981 was fully revised and updated to cover recent developments in the field at the time. Fact and Fantasy in Freudian Theory was written to answer many questions and criticisms surrounding psychoanalysis. How much, if any, of Freudian theory is verifiable according to the usual criteria of scientific enquiry? Much work had been carried out at the time to discover which parts of Freudian theory are verifiable and which insupportable by experiment. In this book Dr Kline surveys this vast body of work. He takes, one by one, the central postulates of Freudian psychology and discusses the experiments which have been performed to test them. He scrutinizes each test, examines its methodology and its findings and weighs up its value. For some of the theories, it will be seen, there is no evidence whatsoever; for others, on the other hand, there is impressive and sometimes incontrovertible experimental support – for example, for the theory of repression. This work will continue to be an invaluable, highly detailed reference work for those involved with Freud’s work, and a book of great interest to those concerned with the method of psychological enquiry in general. |
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... super - ego factor . The second factor appeared to be masculine interests and was perhaps interpretable in Freudian terms as a phallic factor . The third was feminine interests but was not in accord with the psychoanalytic theory . None ...
... ( super - ego ) and Q3 ( control ) . This factor is , in our view , strong support for the existence of a syndrome of personality traits similar to that described in psychoanalysis under the term anal character . Of course these findings ...
... super - ego , rigidity and perseverance . This description makes it clear that the obsessive character as defined here is identical with that of the anal character . In a later chapter in this book , concerned with the bearing of more ...
... super - ego factor . This factor may be better identified as one of defence mechanisms since id - pressure ( Q4 ) has a negative loading on it . This result is in accord with psychoanalytic theory of defence mechanisms against anal ...
... super - ego factor and was independent of the other main personality factors . Its only other loading was a negative one on an impulsivity factor . This first anal factor was a close replica of the one previously found in the 1968 ...
Contents
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4 Psychometric studies of personality | 48 |
5 The relation of psychosexual personality syndromes to infantile experiences | 68 |
6 The Oedipus and castration complexes | 130 |
7 The structure of the mind | 169 |
8 The mechanisms of defence | 195 |
10 Psychoanalytic theory of neurosis psychosis and other emotional and psychogenic disturbances | 325 |
11 The effects of psychoanalytic therapy | 389 |
12 The neoFreudians and other analytic psychologists | 407 |
13 The status of Freudian theory in the light of the evidence | 432 |
Bibliography | 448 |
Name index | 495 |
General index | 505 |
9 Freudian dream theory | 263 |