Traumatic childhood events may damage the psyche, especially in area of sexual development. Repression of trauma or guilt leads to neurosis. Psychoanalysis cures by bringing repressed experiences and feelings from unconscious to consciousness through discussion with therapist, dream analysis, etc. A hermeneutic discipline. Consciousness does not reveal whole truth about self without analysis.
Individuals see world through view imposed by their societies.
Growing trend in 19-20th century thought to negate objectivity. Some of this will be covered in lecture on philosophy later in semester. Today it is far more popular than analysis. Skinner saw causes for everything in environment, and pushed aside notions of innate human qualities, including genetics. By manipulating the context in which subjects operated, you could change their behavior.