Teaching Psychodynamic Theory and Therapy Mark W. Matthews & Tracie Kaip

Interest in Freud Climate of contention Mitchell & Black McWilliams Unfavorable opinions Crews Favorable opinions Teaching undergraduates Teaching graduates Teaching postgrad uates

Climate of contention

Mitchell & Black

McWilliams

Unfavorable opinions

Crews

Favorable opinions

Teaching undergraduates

Teaching graduates

Teaching postgrad uates

Wider Audiences Armand Nicholi, MD The Book “ The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life” The PBS Special “ The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud” The Matrix Revolutions The Architect

Wider Audiences

Armand Nicholi, MD

The Book

“ The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud Debate God, Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life”

The PBS Special

“ The Question of God: C.S. Lewis and Sigmund Freud”

The Matrix Revolutions

The Architect

You Decide

Hypotheses Students who read Freud’s original writing will have a different overall opinion about Sigmund Freud than did students who have never read Freud’s original writings. Students who read Freud’s original writings will have a different overall opinion about psychoanalysis than did students who have never read Freud’s original writings.

Students who read Freud’s original writing will have a different overall opinion about Sigmund Freud than did students who have never read Freud’s original writings.

Students who read Freud’s original writings will have a different overall opinion about psychoanalysis than did students who have never read Freud’s original writings.

Results Hypothesis 1 There was no significant difference between the overall opinion about Sigmund Freud for those who had been exposed to Freud’s writing ( M = 3.72, SD = 0.861) and those who had not been exposed to his original writing ( M = 3.39, SD = 0.891), t (69) = -1.466, p = 0.147 (two-tailed), d = 67. While the trend was for students exposed to Freud’s works to rate him more favorably the null hypothesis was not rejected. Hypothesis 2 There was no significant difference between the overall opinion about psychoanalysis for those who had been exposed to Freud’s writing ( M = 3.72, SD = 0.f779) and those who had not been exposed to his original writing ( M = 3.30, SD = 0.974), t (69) = -1.907, p = 0.061 (two-tailed), d = 67. While the trend was for students exposed to Freud’s works to rate psychoanalysis more favorably the null hypothesis was not rejected.

Hypothesis 1

There was no significant difference between the overall opinion about Sigmund Freud for those who had been exposed to Freud’s writing ( M = 3.72, SD = 0.861) and those who had not been exposed to his original writing ( M = 3.39, SD = 0.891), t (69) = -1.466, p = 0.147 (two-tailed), d = 67.

While the trend was for students exposed to Freud’s works to rate him more favorably the null hypothesis was not rejected.

Hypothesis 2

There was no significant difference between the overall opinion about psychoanalysis for those who had been exposed to Freud’s writing ( M = 3.72, SD = 0.f779) and those who had not been exposed to his original writing ( M = 3.30, SD = 0.974), t (69) = -1.907, p = 0.061 (two-tailed), d = 67.

While the trend was for students exposed to Freud’s works to rate psychoanalysis more favorably the null hypothesis was not rejected.

Future Directions First, I would like to engage other professors who teach psychodynamic psychotherapy in professional schools to survey their students for me. Secondly, I would like to make this a pre and post survey given before and after my course.

First, I would like to engage other professors who teach psychodynamic psychotherapy in professional schools to survey their students for me.

Secondly, I would like to make this a pre and post survey given before and after my course.