Freud

Articles Quarter Three and Four

Freud
On Dream Psychology



Civilization and It's Discontents



Beyond the Pleasure Principle



Period 1: Weekend HW: Keep a Dream Log Due Monday: Read chapters 1-3, and 7. Write down 5 Key Terms and define them.

Due Tuesday Write an analysis of one of your dreams. Then write a response on the experience, and critique Freud’s process of analysis.

Period 7

Day 1 (over the weekend):

BEFORE reading Freud’s //On Dream, w//rite a paragraph about what dreams mean to you (personal opinion) //.// Next, write down a couple dreams, either recent ones, old ones, or recurrent ones.

Read chapters 1-3 and 7 (online) of Freud’ //On Dreams.//

Define the following terms: Psycho-Analysis method, Manifest Content, Latent Content, Dream Work, Dream Analysis, Dream Condensation, Dream Displacement, The Censor.

Now that you have read Freud’s //On Dreams,// write another paragraph about how your concept of dreams has changed, and their importance in everyday life.

Day 2: Write a response on dream analyzation using Freud’s methods with one of your own dreams after describing the method.

Freud Dream Analysis Steps:

1) You should think about the meaning of your dream without obsessing over little details. 2) Anything you say that relates to the dream is helpful in deriving its meaning. 3) Your first immediate attempts at dream interpretation are useless because meaning is unconscious. 4) Focus on unconscious associations which seem to disturb in your thoughts. 5) Try to focus on things that seem worthless. 6) Write down your immediate reactions to the dreams. 7) Break down different parts of your dream and perform free association to try and understand the meaning of symbols in your dream. 8) Remember that things are often substituted for other things in a dream (displacement) and several ideas are often combined into one dream symbol (condensation). 9) Even if you feel you can't concentrate, tell yourself you can.

Extra Credit Article:

HH article

Also see the first part of The Century of the Self.