Social psychoanalysis is one of the traditional trends in psychology.
Psychoanalysis — because it explains the behavior of a person by psychological causes in himself, which he himself is not aware of. In particular, the behavior of a person Today, psychoanalysis often deduces from the events of his Childhood.
Social — because the main events of Childhood are the social interactions of the child with relatives and friends, and not the internal dynamics of the Id and Ego (classical psychoanalysis by Z. Freud)
For example, social psychoanalysis includes:
- Analysis of games and life scenarios by Eric Berne,
- The theory of social psychoanalysis of emotions N.I. Kozlova.