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[Motivation and psychoanalysis. A cross-road]
1Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, Paris. daniel.widlöcher@psl.ap-hop-paris.fr
Psychologie & Neuropsychiatrie Du Vieillissement
|February 3, 2005
Summary
Psychoanalysis views motivation through drives like attachment and aversion, stemming from unconscious fantasies. These can lead to intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders treated by psychoanalytic methods.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Psychoanalysis
Background:
- Psychoanalytic theory centers on motivation, conceptualized as drives.
- These drives are rooted in unconscious processes and manifest as attachment (sexuality) and aversion (aggressivity, destructivity).
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the psychoanalytic concept of drives as a fundamental aspect of motivation.
- To explain how unconscious drives influence intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders.
Main Methods:
- Psychoanalytic methodology, emphasizing listening and interpretation of subjectivity.
- Analysis of unconscious origins of drives and their materialization in fantasies and action representations.
Main Results:
- Drives, encompassing sexuality and aggressivity, are central to psychoanalytic understanding of motivation.
- Unconscious drives manifest as fantasies and action representations, impacting conscious thought.
Conclusions:
- Psychoanalysis addresses motivation through the lens of unconscious drives.
- These drives contribute to intrapsychic conflicts and personality disorders, the focus of psychoanalytic treatment.