The authors are challenging the reader to critical
think about the principal of Freudian slip. A daily life case scenario is used
to introduce the Freudian Slip. According to the authors. One might say to a
rival businessperson at a meeting, “Would you like to hit in this chair?
“instead of “Would you like to sit in this chair?” and then quickly correct the
error. Freud would assert that what “slipped out” was meant. (Pastorino &
Doyle Portillo, 2019). Nowadays, Freudian Slips are very common and upon typing
the word in YouTube. We can find hours of News Anchors or Politicians slips. They
all sound funny to the public. However, when these slips are related to
politicians. The interpretation may take another turn.
According to Mitchell Green. A professor of Philosophy
at the University of Edinburgh, “Freud suggests interestingly that slips of the
tongue for example have a sense of their own. They suggest that there is a
statement being made. A proposition being offered, a communicative act being
carried out by the unconscious aspect of yourself “(Philosophy at the University of
Edinburgh .2019, The Freudian Unconscious: 4. Freudian Slips [Video].
YouTube).
Do Freudian slips mean
anything? Or they are another distorted explanation based on the principle of
Hidden desires as interpreted by Freud without any scientific method used?
Researchers in psychology and linguistics studied thousands of slips and came
up with following conclusions: “If two words share a vowel and would both make
sense in the same sentence, there is a good chance you will swap the
beginnings”. (Sci
Show Psych. April 17,2017, Do Freudian Slips mean Anything? [ Video]. YouTube).
Most of the time the brain can catch up and adjust before you make the error. However, in
some instances the processing is too fast, and mistakes happen. Most
Psychologists believe that Freud’s interpretation of Freudian Slips was wrong.
References:
"MLA Formatting and Style
Guide." The Purdue OWL Purdue U Writing Lab. Accessed
18 Feb. 2021.
Philosophy at the
University of Edinburgh .2019, The Freudian Unconscious: 4. Freudian Slips [Video].
YouTube. The Freudian Unconscious: 4. Freudian Slips - YouTube
Ellen Pastorino & Susann
Doyle-Portillo. What Is Psychology? Foundations, applications & Integration,
4th Edition, Cengage Learning, 2019.
Sci
Show Psych. April 17,2017, Do Freudian Slips mean Anything? [ Video]. YouTube. Do Freudian Slips Mean Anything? -
YouTube