ManydescribeFreudasthemostinfluentialpsychologist
ofalltime.Yetnoteveryonerecognizetheprofoundeffectof71.___________
psychoanalytictheoryinthewaymostofuslookathuman72.___________
behavior,regardlessofanyformalexposuretoFreud’sworks.
Forexample,mostadultsinWesternsocietyaccepttheideathat
behaviorcanbeinfluencedbyanunconsciouspartofthemind.
Wesaythingslike“Imusthavedonethatconsciously”or“Even73.___________
thoughIdidn’trealizeitconsciously,maybeunconsciously
Idid.”AlthoughFreudwasnotthefirsttotalkaboutthe
unconscious,nooneago,orprobablysince,hasplaced74.___________
somanyemphasisuponunconsciousprocessesinexplaining75._________
humanbehavior.
Doyoubelievethatdreamsholdimportantpsychological
information,revealinginnerfearsanddesires?Ifso,youare
backingonanideathatFreudpopularized.76.__________
Aspeoplehadbeeninterpretingdreamsforthousandsof77.___________
years,Freudwasthefirsttoincorporatedreaminterpretation
intoalargerpsychologicaltheory.Whenwetalkaboutourdreams
andtrytofigureitout,weareinformallyfollowingatherapeutic78.________________
procedureoutliningbyFreudattheturnofthecentury.79.____________
NumerousexamplesofFreudianthoughtcanbefoundinour
dailylanguage,aswellasinmodernliteratureandinmotion
pictures.Thus,anunderstandingofFreudianpsychology
ispartofagoodliberalartseducation;itcanaidtheobservant
studenttoappreciatingsubtleandnot-so-subtlereferences80.____________