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Dr. Sigmund Freud

Dr. Sigmund Freud, a Voracious Reader & Medical School Graduate (1856-1939), specialized in nervous disorders. His psychoanalytic perspective delved into the unconscious mind, childhood conflicts, and defense mechanisms. Explore Freud's theories and their relevance in modern psychology.

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Dr. Sigmund Freud

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  1. Dr. Sigmund Freud Psychoanalysis

  2. Psychoanalytic Perspective “first comprehensive theory of personality” Biography: Freud went to University of Vienna 1873 Was a Voracious Reader & Medical School Graduate (1856-1939) Specialized in Nervous Disorders Some patients’ disorders had no physical cause!

  3. Hypnosis Free Association “Psychoanalysis” Why Psychoanalysis? Q: What caused neurological symptoms in patients with no physical neurological problems? Freud felt he needed to access the Unconscious through Free Association and analysis of discussions [psychoanalysis] Unconscious

  4. The Unconscious “the mind is like an iceburg - mostly hidden” Conscious Awareness small part above surface (Preconscious) Unconscious below the surface (thoughts, feelings, wishes, memories) Repression banishing unacceptable thoughts & passions to Unconscious revealed through Dreams & Slips

  5. Super Ego Ego Id Freud & Personality Structure Id - energy constantly striving to satisfy basic drives Pleasure Principle Ego - seeks to gratify the Id in realistic ways Reality Principle Super Ego - voice of conscience that focuses on how we ought to behave

  6. Freud & Personality Development “personality forms during the first few years of life, rooted in unresolved conflicts of early childhood” Psychosexual Stages Oral (0-18 mos) - centered on the mouth Anal (18-36 mos) - focus on bowel/bladder elimination Phallic (3-6 yrs) - focus on genitals/“Oedipus Complex” (Identification & Gender Identity) Latency (6-puberty) - sexuality is dormant Genital (puberty on) - sexual feelings toward others Strong conflict can fixate an individual at Stages 1,2 or 3

  7. Struggle of Id, Ego & Super Ego Ego Id When the inner war gets out of hand, the result is Anxiety Ego protects itself via Defense Mechanisms Super Ego Defense Mechanisms reduce/redirect anxiety by distorting reality

  8. Defense Mechanisms • Repression - banishes certain thoughts/feelings from consciousness (underlies all other defense mechanisms) • Regression - retreating to earlier stage of fixated development • Reaction Formation - ego makes unacceptable impulses appear as their opposites • Projection - attributes threatening impulses to others • Rationalization - generate self-justifying explanations to hide the real reasons for our actions • Displacement - divert impulses toward a more acceptable object • Sublimation - transform unacceptable impulse into something socially valued

  9. Freudian Theories • Oedipus Complex [Son fixated on Mother] • Electra Complex [Daughter fixated on Father] • Penis Envy [Girl wishing she were a Boy] • Transference [Our traits we see in others but don’t recognize in ourselves]

  10. Development does not stop in childhood Slips of the tongue are likely competing “nodes” in memory network Dreams may not be unconscious drives and wishes Evaluating the Psychoanalytic Perspective Were Freud’s theories the “best of his time” or were they simply incorrect? Current research contradicts many of Freud’s specific ideas

  11. Freud Today • While still considered the father of modern psychology, many of Freud’s theories were never really tested or proven scientifically. • He utilized a few case studies, such as Dora that you read about in your handbook, to create his theories. • From these few cases, he hypothesized to the many. • Today, modern psychologists rely on more scientific approaches. • They create a hypothesis and use the scientific method to create an experiment, using larger groups of subjects and holding as many variable stable as possible to focus on the one being tested.

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