Thursday, March 26, 2009

Up and Down 'The Elevator' in Hegel's Hotel and Into The Psychology and Personality Theory Section of The Hotel

For distinction and clarification purposes here, let me point out that I wish to reserve at least seven floors in Hegel's Hotel for the strict study of psychology -- most notably, personality theory and its various ramifications and offshoots into psychopathology (neurosis and psychosis or sczhizophrenia); personal growth; and clinical psychology/psychotherapy.

In this regard, I wish to introduce a model of the human psyche that will take up seven floors in the 'Psychology' section of Hegel's Hotel.

This model and the 'seven different floors' are described below:


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A Hegel's Hotel Seven Floor Model of The Human Psyche

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 1: The 'First Basement Floor' will be dedicated to studying 'The Genetic, Potential Humanistic-Existential Self' -- 'The Essence, Architectural Design, and/ or Blue Print' of The Individual Self, Psyche, and/or Personality;

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 2: The 'Second Basement Floor': The Genetic and/or Collective Unconscious' including the study of mythology, archetypes, symbolism, creativity and dream work, Freud's 'primary process'...;

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 3: The 'Third Basement Floor' will be dedicated to the study of 'The Id' including all biological and psychiological influences on the personality, sex, violence, 'life vs. death impulses and/or wishes', fantasies, and their mythological, transference, and/or creative-destructive derivatives;

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 4: The 'Fourth Basement Floor' will be dedicated to the study of 'The Personal Unconscious' including learning and memory theory, conscious memories, subconscious memories, screen memories, unconscious and/or repressed memories, and 'The Transference Complex Templates';

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 5: 'The Main Lobby Floor' will be dedicated to the study of 'The Underdog Ego Functions and Agents' including: 1. 'The Co-operative (Approval-Seeking) Underdog Ego'; 2. 'The Rebellious-Righteous Underdog Ego'; 3. 'The Dionysian-Hedonistic-Narcissistic Underdog Ego'; and 4. The Schizoid (Distance-Seeking) Underdog Ego';

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 6: 'The First Mezzanine Floor' will be dedicated to the study of 1. 'The Central Mediating-Executive Ego'; and its corollorary agents 2. The Darwinian-Economic-Survival Ego'; 3. 'The Enlightenment Epistemological and Ethical Ego'; and 4. 'The Romantic-Humanistic-Existential Ego';

Hegel's Hotel Personality Theory Section -- Floor 7: 'The Upper Mezzanine Floor' will be dedicated to the study of 'The Topdog (Super) Ego Functions and Agents including: 1. 'The Nurturing-Supportive-Encouraging Topdog Ego'; 2. The Righteous-Critical-Rejecting-Exciting Topdog Ego; 3. The Dionysian-Hedonistic-Narcissistic Topdog Ego; and 4. The Schizoid (Distance-Seeking) Topdog Ego.



-- dgb, March 26th, 2009; updated April 26th, 2009