010: Quotes & Vocab

Wikipedia Article, Section "Psychotherapy":
-Ethan Watters and Richard Ofshe wrote, "The story of Freud and the creation of psychodynamic therapy, as told by its adherents, is a self-serving myth"
-Freud's contributions to psychotherapy have been extensively criticized and defended by many scholars and historians.

Vocabulary from the 2009 Benedict Award Winning Paper, "Haitian Zombie"
-Bereft
Source: Indeed, it is not simply grieving individuals but the nation as a whole that is bereft
Definition 1:v.
A past tense and a past participle of bereave.
adj.
1.
a. Deprived of something: They are bereft of their dignity.
b. Lacking something needed or expected: "Today's graduates seem keenly aware that the future is bereft of conventional expectations" (Bruce Weber).
2. Suffering the death of a loved one; bereaved: the bereft parents.
Definition 2: Intense Need or lack of something.

009: Page Log #3

As of Sunday & Monday Of 3/28-3/29:

*2 pages of Freud wiki article.
(as of now on psychotherapy.)

*1 1/2 pages of Haitian Zombie paper.
(On page 6 right now.)

MUST READ:
everything listed as TO BE READ in []'s in a latter post.

008: Video Evidence #2

(IGNORE MUSIC >.< that was my Player giving me background noise.)

007: Status Update/Journal

Well, this is a slight disappointment.
I'm procrastinating on some reading I need to finish. I'm pretty sure I won't be able to scan my comic, the driver for my scanner isn't working. But on the bright side, I have alot of information at the moment so i think I can start trying to draft my essay; I can start looking for vocabulary and I can start focusing my attention to what theories I'd want to use in my PowerPoint or which ones I have to put in a dual slide (this meaning I have to combine two theories in one slide, to save time and get main points in ^-^ )

That's all for now,
New video soon.

--Fey

006: Reading Up On Freud #2

- http://www.ibe.unesco.org/publications/ThinkersPdf/freude.pdf
(SIGMUND FREUD(1856-1939)
Bernard Jolibert)
[read]
- http://library.thinkquest.org/C005545/english/text/dream/freud.htm
(Freud's Dream Theory)
[read, 1.5 pages]
- http://changingminds.org/disciplines/psychoanalysis/concepts/life_death_drives.htm
(life and death drives)
[read, using]
-http://www.unm.edu/~jka/courses/archive/freud.pdf
(Psychoanalytic Theory)
[to be read]

005: Page Log #2 & Minor Notes/Quotes

7 slides of Psychoanalytic Theory, University of New Mexico Psychology Course (http://www.unm.edu/~jka/courses/archive/freud.pdf)
Notes:
*"pessimistic view of human nature
emphasis on nature, biological forces
early experiences shape personality (age 5)
universal developmental stages" (slide 3)

1 1/2 pages of Freud's Dream Theory
(link in previous post.)
Note:
*Most dreamic symbols Freud had dipicted were of sexual nature, or of birthing nature.
*Caves represented the female genitalia, snakes and branches for the male.

+.5 pages more of Haitian Zombiism
Notes:
*Freud's theory of melancholia was one idea of zombies.
*"The role of bereavement in the construction of Haitian zombies can be explored in terms of Sigmund Freud’s trademark theories on melancholia."

*"Essentially, Freud describes melancholia as the inability to cope properly with an irretrievable loss by failing to complete the usual, natural process of mourning."

*"Difficulties with severed relationships and loss have a profound impact on an individual’s psychological wellbeing and can lead to irrational and even pathological behaviors."

*"The loss leaves a gap within the self that must be healed through comfort, gratification, or the formation of new attachments to replace what has been lost or severed (Freud 1917: 241-244)."

004: Page Log #1

As of saturday, sunday and monday of March 21-23:
EDITED ON 3/29/10, THE RESEARCH NOTES.

2 1/2 pages of Sigmund Freud Wiki Article
RESEARCH NOTES:
-Freud believed there were two driving forces "Eros" and "Thanatos" or LIFE and DEATH.
-"Freud's description of Cathexis, whose energy is known as libido, included all creative, life-producing drives."

4 pages of Constructing the Haitian Zombie: An Anthropological Study Beyond Madness
Monica Murtaugh
RESEARCH NOTES:
-Freud's theory of melancholia and its' affect on the ego are thought to be part of zombie.
-Since Haiti is a depressing colony, Melancholia is evident in the culture. Depression is everywhere.

003: Reading up on Freud (Notes) #1

Used As Of Now, sources used/found/in need of using:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud#Freud.27s_legacy
(wiki page, obviously)r,u
- 'on a darkling plain: journeys into the unconscious' edited by ivan ward
(book of essays)re
- http://www.anthro.uci.edu/forms/2009%20Benedict%20Award%20Winning%20Paper.pdf
(haitian zombism, and freud.)re,u
R= To Be Read
RE=Reading/read
U=Using


Vocabulary from reading the wikipedia page:

1)Caul
Source Sentence: Freud was born with a caul, which the family accepted as a positive omen.[3]
Definition:

2)catalytic
Source Sentence: [Jean Martin Charcot] was later to remember the experience of this stay as catalytic in turning him toward the practice of medical psychopathology...
Definition:

3)
Source Sentence:
Definition:

002: Video Evidence.

a vlog update on what i'm doing,
enjoy readers.
-Fey

001: Starting the research

I created the blog so I can post my videos when the time comes. As of now, I just want to make sure the readers of this blog know what it's for:
Noting sites, progress of my products and videos of my research. I finished my proposal, and hopefully can get a scanner working so I can show the process of my comic i plan on doing. So everything can fall into place. I found my book that got me interested in this doctor, so I need to start finishing up that. Need more information on the guy.

--Fey