Foundations of Psychoanalysis Paper PSY/310 9/14/15

What is psychoanalysis? Do you know what foundations and components contribute to it? What about the contributions and criticisms of psychoanalytic models that explain human behavior? This is a very interesting subject and I will tell you all about as you keep reading. Psychoanalysis is a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes. However it was distinct from mainstream psychological thought in goals, subject matter, and methods. Its subject matter is psychopathology, or abnormal behavior, relatively neglected by other schools of thought. Its primary method is clinical observation rather than controlled...