Unconscious motivation

Unconscious motivation is a short film from 1949 released on 16mm. It is held in the IUL Moving Image Archive collection.

While Don and Claire are in a hypnotic state, the hypnotist suggests that they are the subjects of a neurosis at an unconscious level. After re-awakening, Don and Claire feel inner tension, worry, and guilt. These feelings are analyzed through a ques...

Unconscious motivation
Release date	1949
Running time	0:39:22
Language	English

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More Details

internal id

71107

Summary

While Don and Claire are in a hypnotic state, the hypnotist suggests that they are the subjects of a neurosis at an unconscious level. After re-awakening, Don and Claire feel inner tension, worry, and guilt. These feelings are analyzed through a questioning process;interpretation of symbolic dreams;and responses to the Rorschach inkblot, thermatic apperception, and word-association tests. With the understanding they gain from these tests, Don and Claire feel free of the guilt and anxiety they have had.

Physical Format

1 Film (0:39:22)

16mm

IUL Genres

Educational

Medical

IUL Subject

Counseling, Methodology

Psychiatry

Psychology

Motivation (Psychology).

Full Original Title

Unconscious motivation