Sigmund Freud

The Father of Psychoanalysis

was born in May 6 1856 in Germany
died in September 23 1939 in London
when he was 9 years old, he entered high school
and graduated with honors in 1873
was impressed by Shakespeare's plays which guide
him to study human pschology
entered the University of Vienna at age 17
graduated with an MD (Doctor of Medicine)at age
25
In 1882, he began his medical career at the Vienna
General Hospital
was a smoker and died due to mouth cancer

Three mind levels
The conscious mind

The preconscious mind


The unconscious mind

sensations, perceptions, memories, feeling and fantasies
represents common memory
can restore memories to conscious mind any time
storage of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of
consious mind
most of them are unacceptable or unpleasant
The three elements of personality
The Id(Biological)


The Ego(Psychological)


The Super-Ego(Social)
comes out with birth (Innate, Unconscious)
expressed by the pleasure principle which straggles to have all desires,
wants, and needs
is the whole unconscious and includes the natural and original behaviors
deal with reality (Learned, Conscious)
base on the reality principle which straggles to make id's desires into
reality
in both of the three mind
holds all of one's inside of moral standards and ideals
help one to make judgment
appears at around 5 years old
Psychosexual Development
The oral stage



The anal stage



The phallic stage


The latent stage


The genital stage






age range: birth to 1 year
using mouth to do things
controlled by id
have problem with drinking, eating, smoking and nail biting
age range: 1 to 3 years
can control feces and piss
ego develops in this stage
too strict--will be mad; too lax--will be wasteful
age range: 3 to 6 years
find differences between males and females
age range: 6 to puberty
the sexual desire is controlled by the development of ego and superego
important for communication skill and self confidence
a strong sexual interest in the opposite
sex
Influence
helped people to build a healthy personality
helped to understand childhood, memory, and sexuality.
other major thinkers are sitll studying his theories
the most important thinker of the last century
If often he was wrong and, at
times, absurd, to us he is no more
a person now but a whole climate
of opinion
---W.H.Auden