User talk:Dawnnaomii

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Okay, I looked at a lot of the stub articles that were suggested on blackboard. I am fairly open to whatever topic we decide on, but the two that were most interesting to me out of those was the one titled "Resistance (psychoanalysis)" and the "Eleanor J. Gibson." Resistance is patients blocking memories from conscious memory, originally used by Sigmund Freud. Eleanor J. Gibson was an American psychologist most known for the "visual cliff." She studied perception in infants and toddlers. But again, these are just 2 suggestions and I am very open to whatever your interests might be. Dawnnaomii (talk) 02:30, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

I am pretty much open to any topic that we do. I think that it might be easier to do a person instead of a concept just because it would be more cut out for us. Also, I think doing a woman in Psychology would be a good thing too. But like I said, I'm not too picky on which topic we do. Alissa.gordon (talk) 15:03, 4 February 2016 (UTC)Alissa.gordon

Resistance (psychoanalysis) sounds really interesting. It may be more challenging to take on a concept rather than a person but it might also be more interesting and give us more room to work.I also found Compassion Focused Therapy really interesting and it looks like there are plenty of good research sources for it as well. Marie Fre (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2016 (UTC) Marie Fre Marie Fre (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

Both are acceptable topics and seem to have an abundance of readily available information. However, the article regarding Eleanor J. Gibson seems to be more complete whereas the article about Resistance is in greater need of modification. Thus, I would opt that we select the article on Resistance to foster greater group collaboration and overall improvement. Andrew.lantz (talk) 17:32, 4 February 2016 (UTC)

I would be fine with doing Resistance too. Alissa.gordon (talk) 22:17, 4 February 2016 (UTC)Alissa.gordon

Okay so then have we decided to have Resistance as our first option and then Eleanor J. Gibson as our second? Dawnnaomii (talk) 02:45, 5 February 2016 (UTC)

I have no objections to that notion. Andrew.lantz (talk) 04:51, 5 February 2016 (UTC) I have been doing a lot of reading on resistance to psychoanalysis and it's role repression. I think it would be good to expand the definition of resistance and add more detail. Also it would be good to add that resistance is key to repression and how that works. There is a lot of criticism of psychoanalysis and I think that it would be good to address that, as well as giving a brief history of how Freud developed it and how he addressed resistance and repression. Book sources that I found include: The Life and Work of Sigmund Freud','The Basic Writings of Sigmund Freudtext and "Freud the Mind of the Moralist''. The first two mainly provide good definitions of resistance and while the third provides more insight into intellectual opposition, the Ego and resistance as a defense mechanism. Marie Fre (talk) 14:21, 17 February 2016 (UTC) Here are the citations for the above books,

I think those are good sources that would give us a lot of information. I have been doing a little research and found a couple articles I think we may be able to use. The first it Consciousness and Interpretation in Modern Psychoanalysis and another one is Psychoanalysis and the Rite of Refusal. They both seem to have relevant information for us. I agree that we should include the history of development of psychoanalysis, various criticisms, and how it is used in modern day psychology. Alissa.gordon (talk) 19:38, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Assignment 4
Everyone, just be sure to place all relevant information for assignment 4 on this page: User:Dawnnaomii/sandbox.

Andrew.lantz (talk) 21:20, 27 February 2016 (UTC)

Dr. Council's comments on your article choices
Resistance (psychoanalysis) could be a very good topic. However, there is already a fairly lengthy article on psychological resistance. You'd need to be careful not to overlap with psychological resistance, and just stick to the history of resistance as the concept has been developed in psychoanalysis. I think you'll be able to find some good material.
 * Eleanor Gibson is another good topic, but another group had her as first choice, so I'm giving her to them. J.R. Council (talk) 17:20, 10 February 2016 (UTC)