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Storytellers

Posted on 14th April 2008 By Leo Casey No Comments on Storytellers

We are all storytellers and we are the stories we tell The above is a quotation (in fact it’s the opening line) from a book I’m reading called Identity and Story Creating Self in Narrative by McAdams Josselson and Lieblich (2006) APA Washington.Why do we tell stories about ourselves?There are always at least two people…

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Jacques Lacan

Posted on 7th April 200827th August 2018 By Leo Casey No Comments on Jacques Lacan

1901-1981French psychoanalytical theorist who’ s influence continues today most notably advocated by Slavoj Zizek. Lacan in turn, reinterprets Freud and in particular, the difficult concept of the unconscious. Lacan links language and the unconscious and suggests that the unconscious is structured like a language. This resonates with some of Freud’s ideas as articulated in Jokes…

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Jung

Posted on 7th April 2008 By Leo Casey No Comments on Jung

Some notes Carl Jung and Motivation Jung and others emphasise the unconscious.The suggestion is that we need to question the contribution of the unconscious to motivation. Jung uses the terms psyche and psychic rather than mind and mental.Jung sees the unconscious aspect of the psyche as different but complimentary to the conscious. Jung sees the…

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The Question of Psychoanalysis

Posted on 6th April 200827th August 2018 By Leo Casey No Comments on The Question of Psychoanalysis

I face a challenge every time I engage with psychoanalytical theories and theorists. I’m never really sure as to the substance and value of the approach. I remain detached and skeptical and tend to apply a higher degree of critical appraisal. On the other hand I sense that there are some very important ideas in…

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No Country for old Men

Posted on 20th January 2008 By Leo Casey No Comments on No Country for old Men

Went to see No Country for Old Men http://www.nocountryforoldmen.com/ with J. Quite a good film typical Coen brothers. Lots of open country and murders. Yes murders! But what of the plot. Well quite a story really and a puzzling ending. We talked about it afterwards always a sign of a good film. What else can…

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Adult Learning

Posted on 22nd October 200727th August 2018 By Leo Casey No Comments on Adult Learning

Adults learn what they want to learn and what they perceive as useful to them;Internalisation involves the construction of new meaning based on passed experience and new stimuli;Learning can be understood as always involving cognitive, psychodynamic and societal/social aspects;Communities of practice embody all three of these aspects and as such are powerful drivers for adult…

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Behaviourist and Cognitive Theories

Posted on 4th May 2007 By Leo Casey No Comments on Behaviourist and Cognitive Theories

Cognitive theories of learning have evolved from experimental psychology and find their roots in the study of behaviour. The early emphasis was on measuring responses to external stimuli and the so called behaviourist approach was the dominant paradigm up until the latter part of the last century. Much pioneering work in experimental learning psychology was…

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