Biography of sigmund freud pptp

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1 Sigmund Freud ( )

2 BiographyAustrian neurologist, medical doctor, psychologist; known for developing technique of psychoanalysis.Poor background; parents provided good education; studied at University of Vienna.Identified himself as Jewish but wasn’t religious.Married; six children; youngest (Anna) became psychoanalyst.

3 Major IdeasTheory of the unconscious: hidden mental processes affect our choices and actions (iceberg analogy).Pleasure principle: human beings are driven by two forces or instincts, Eros (life instinct) and Thanatos (death instinct); the desire for bodily pleasure is the strongest instinct.

4 Major Ideas (cont.)Theory of infantile sexuality: early childhood sexual (bodily pleasurable) experiences determine adult personality.4 stages (oral, anal, genital, Oedipal); conflicts (with parents/society who act to regulate desires) at any of these stages