+Primary process thinking theory, measurement, and research /

• Main Author: Holt, Robert R.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Lanham, Md. : Jason Aronson, c2009.
• Series: Psychological issues.
• Subjects: Freud, Sigmund, > 1856-1939.; Thought and thinking.; Thought and thinking > Testing.; SCIENCE > Cognitive Science.; PSYCHOLOGY > Cognitive Psychology.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess
• Item Description: Vol. 2 is a CD-ROM.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (2 v.)
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 97-136) and index.
• ISBN: 9780765706447 (electronic bk.); 076570644X (electronic bk.)

Volume one of this comprehensive approach to one of Freud's most important conceptual achievements, the theory of thinking, examines the emergence and changes in his conceptions of primary and secondary process thought in their theoretical and clinical contexts. Unlike most treatments, which emphasize their embeddedness in metapsychology, the text demonstrates the empirical grounding of these concepts in observation and describes how it led to a method of quantitative measurement. A summary of major, theoretically relevant findings with that method, plus a critical review of post-Freudian reex.