Psych Essay

In order to give us background on the influence of psychoanalysis not just within psychology but within culture generally (including the fascination with dreams and symbolism that we see in much of mid-20th century Western art and film) I’ve uploaded an article on the two warring giants, Freud and Jung. Note three new pieces of information you learned. Why do you think there was, and still is, so much fascination with the unconscious and so much disagreement about how its functions are described 2. The attack on psychoanalysis in the Third Reich led to the flight, exile, or imprisonment and sometimes death of influential researchers and theorists, particularly Jewish ones. In an earlier board you considered the role of government in psychology, but we have seldom seen such sweeping and violent intervention into science from governmental authority. Note any three aspects of the political standing of psychology and psychiatry that struck you in your reading of the uploaded article. What do you think are contexts or characteristics that led some non-Jewish figures to protest and some to acquiesce in the suppression and condemnation of the work of their Jewish colleagues Please answer both questions and all parts of the question.Read less