1. Sigmund Freud Father of Psychology
Mr. Meester
AP European History

2. Early Development
Sigmund Freud was born in a small village in Austria to a Jewish family.
His career choices were limited due to his heritage.
1881 he earned his doctorate in medicine with neurology as his focus.

3. Hypnosis & Hysteria
Early in his career he was intrigued by hypnosis as a way understanding the human mind.
Freud at first believed it could be used in the study and treatment of hysteria.
Later he stopped using hypnosis and simply let his patients talk about themselves.
This would be the beginning of psychology

4. Childhood Development
Freud found that childhood & sexual experiences seemed significant to the patient’s problems.
Developed the theory of infantile sexuality
People are sexual creatures from birth
A healthy view on sex was one of the bases for a healthy mental state

5. Dream Analysis
The first scientist to examine, analyze, and study dreams.
He concluded dreams were the unconscious coming to the surface.
“The dream, is the disguised fulfillment of the suppressed or repressed wish.”
The conscious mind censors our thoughts and our dreams represent these thoughts.

6. Later Theories Our unconscious mind influences our conscious actions.
The mind is divided into 3 parts:
Id: amoral, irrational, instinctual, pleasure oriented
Superego: embodies external morality
Ego: mediates demands of the Id & Superego
Influenced by both the Romantics and the Enlightenment.