FREUDINA THEORIES

Freudina Theories

Freudian Theories

Freud Sigmund (1856-1939) was an Austrian physician who ?revolutionized ideas on how the human mind works. Freud ?established the theory that unconscious, motives control much ?behavior. He thus greatly advanced the field of psychiatry.? His work has helped millions of mentally ill patients. His ?theories have brought new approaches in child rearing, education ?and sociology, and have provided new themes for many authors' ?and artists.

?His Theories on Behavior

Freud divided human behavior into three kinds: (1) ?pre-conscious (2) conscious and (3) unconscious. He ?observed that many patients behaved according to drives and ?experiences of which they were not consciously aware. He thus ?concluded that the unconscious plays a major role in shaping ?behavior. He also concluded that the unconscious is full of ?memories of events from early childhood sometimes as far back ?as infancy. Freud noted that if these memories were especially ?painful, people kept them out of conscious awareness. He used ?the term defense mechanisms for the methods by which individual's ?did this. Freud believed that patients used vast amounts of energy ?in forming defense mechanisms. Tying up energy in defense ?mechanisms could affect a person's ability to lead a productive ?life causing an illness that Freud called neurosis ??Freud also concluded that many childhood memories dealt with sex. He ?theorized that sexual functioning begins at birth and that a ?person passes through several psychological stages of sexual ?development. During this passage from infant sexuality to adult ?sexuality, an individual makes many self-discoveries and learns to ?control his or her sexual impulses. Freud believed that the normal ?pattern of sexual development is interrupted in some ?individuals. These people become fixated at an earlier, immature age. He felt that such fixation could contribute to mental illness ?in adulthood. ??

Psyche

Freud divided the mind into three parts, i.e. (1) the ...