At first, the other doctors laughed at him and nobody bought his books. ... Freud called that time his "period of splendid isolation". ... A psychoanalytic treatment demonstrates how these unconscious factors affect current relationships and patterns of behavior, traces them back to their historical origins, shows how they have changed over time and helps the individual to deal better with the reality of adult life. ... Freud explains his theories, about how the human mind works, in many books. ... The child experiences a pleasurable instant each time that one of these erotogenic zones is stim...

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The importance of a good education was introduced to Kohler early in life, for his father was a schoolmaster, his sisters were nurses and educators, and Wilhelm, his older brother, was a scholar. ... His dissertation was written on psycho-acoustics and physics - music obviously playing a large role in Kohlers life. ... The fact that he wrote so many books on Gestalt psychology and perceptual theories in general shows that Kohler was dedicated to mainstreaming Gestalt psychology and overcoming Gestalt psychology's opposition. He gave his life to psychology as shown by the many works that ...

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The modern day idea that dreams come from our daily life is partially accurate. When I say "partially" I mean only a specific aspect of dreams comes from daily life interactions. The imagery in dreams comes from daily life (Freud 1900). ... I spoke earlier of REM (Rapid Eye Movement); it is the time in which the individual will have their dreams. ... The interesting factor is that each time the sleeper enters the REM phase of sleep the REM phase will increase in length. ...

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Scharff and Val Dusek, and last source I will be citing are my own ideas that have been created in me through viewing the films, reading books on this subject, having discussions concerning the philosophy of the Matrix and similar topics. ... For instance, I believe that my roommate Chris is home from work if I see the headlights flash in the window, and the time is 1:00 AM and I see a figure walking up to the door, however as Descartes notes, "From time to time I have found that senses deceive."" ... By Descartes's time this sturdy relativism, based on the number of relations established...

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He has just come through a pretty tough time and is not sure what kind of world he enters. ... But we also know that he may be born in reasonably secure surroundings and still have a disturbed and difficult life. ... At this time the baby continues to feel powerful persecutory anxiety and his attacks upon the breast only make this worse. ... We can, and do slip back into it depending on circumstances throughout our life. ... Because it is here that we spend most of our life caught up in the interrelationships of the mind. ...

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