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Pierre Marie Félix Janet ( French: [ʒanɛ]; 30 May 1859 – 24 February 1947) was a pioneering French psychologist, physician, philosopher, and psychotherapist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory . He is ranked alongside William James and Wilhelm Wundt as one of the founding fathers of psychology. [1]
Oct 9, 2023 · Pierre Janet was a French psychologist responsible for the development of psychological analysis, widely considered to be a precursor to Freud’s psychoanalysis. Janet believed that mental traumas were one of several factors that cause mental illness or neurosis.
May 26, 2024 · Pierre Janet (born May 30, 1859, Paris, France—died February 24, 1947, Paris) was a French psychologist and neurologist influential in bringing about in France and the United States a connection between academic psychology and the clinical treatment of mental illnesses.
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Janet was the first to systematically study dissociation as the crucial psychological process with which the organism reacts to overwhelming experiences and show that traumatic memories may be expressed as sensory perceptions, affect states, and behavioral reenactments.
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Oct 1, 1989 · His contemporary, French physician and psychologist Pierre Janet proposed several mechanisms operating under this umbrella, such as mental automatisms and autonomous complexes, which are...
The 1970 debut of Henri Ellenberger's magnus opus, The Discovery of the Unconscious: The History and Evolution of Modern Psychiatry, with its beautiful and enlightening chapter on Pierre Janet, has inspired contemporary generations of clinicians to rediscover his ground-breaking studies.
Jun 11, 2018 · Pierre Marie Félix Janet (1859-1947) was a French psychologist particularly well known for his work on psychopathology and psychotherapy. Born in Paris on May 28, 1859, Pierre Janet spent his childhood and youth in that city.
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