Freud’s concepts are used to delve deeply into people’s minds and how they look at relationships, outside influences in making decisions and their different level of consciousness. He did not develop his theories in the essential way of laboratory and studying cases like other scientists and psychologists. His work was very influential in offering several concepts related to the unconscious state, childhood memories, dream analysis and personality developments. According to Cervone (2010), “His work was so influential because he developed “a conceptual model for understanding the human mind and asking what are the basic structures of the mind and what do they do” ( pg, 74). Freud had believed the concept of behavior was one that was motivated from the fears and desires of an individual and that behavior was locked in the unconscious state.
Sigmund Freud is recognised as being one of the great forefathers of modern day psychology. He wrote at a time when society was much more inhibited than it is today, perhaps his views and theories are representative of the socio historical context in which he wrote and conducted his enquires? His theories have done much to develop our understandings of the psyche. Freud’s theory of psycho sexual development is a bio social theory, one that explains the Biological (instinctual) and the Social (Socialization). We live in a world that is in many ways characterised by restraint, conformity and inhibition, Some of Freud’s main works contribute to our understanding of our relationships toward this social world.
Further still, I will discuss the differences between the theories that see the patient’s behavior as coming from patients mind alone versus the theories that see the patient as reacting to his/her environment. Lastly I will describe the concepts and give the vignette that explains how the Kohut theory works. Psychoanalytic theory Psychoanalytic theory was first developed by Sigmund Feud and refers to the dynamics of personality development (Asch. M, 2004) He had interacted so much with mentally ill patients and through a series of close examination of his patients; he came to discover that human behaviors are controlled by the unconscious desires. He also linked some childhood desires with the development of ones personality.
Sigmund Freud was the first to challenge the view that mental disorders were caused by physical illness and proposed that psychological factors were responsible for the illness. The psychodynamic approach highlights the importance of the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences. Psychodynamic psychologist’s attempt to deal with the mental health issues of their patients by incorporating these ideas and creating therapies using these ideas. The basic concept behind psychoanalysis is that a patient that suffers from mental health problems such as depression can address any regressed feelings thus, the patient gains insight of and can learn to work through their emotional baggage. It is a generalised concept that if the cause of the symptoms were tackled it would only be logical that the symptoms would then cease.
Sigmund Freud on Personality Theories and the Influence Today Abstract I chose this topic because of my interest in personality theories, introduced by Sigmund Freud. I was eager to explore the theories and methods that help determine a person’s personality. I will explain Sigmund Freud’s basic concepts of personality theories and how upbringing, genetics, and culture can influence one’s personality. Sigmund Freud was one of the most famous psychologists who helped make the conscious mind versus unconscious mind note worthy. The conscious mind represents the events in which you are aware of during points of time in a day.
The unconscious contains drives, urges, or instincts that motivate words, feelings, and actions of individuals without their full awareness. The forces of the unconscious continually strive to become conscious through the individual’s behaviors. Sigmund Freud believes that the conscious plays a minor role in the behaviors of individuals; however, Freud focuses mostly on the unconscious (Feist & Feist, 2009). Assumptions There are many assumptions that were developed by Sigmund Freud. Freud began with his beliefs in the roles of
Mr. Steal Yo' Gurl Mrs. Tsichlis Gold 3 Honors Survey of Lit. and Comp. March 2, 2012 Freudian Psychology in the Metamorphosis Sigmund Freud was a crucial figure in the field of neurophysiology, as he founded many new revolutionary ideas; the conscious and the unconscious mind; the id, ego, and superego; and life and death experiences. He lived around the same time period that Kafka was alive, and thus there are many parallelisms in Kafka’s book, The Metamorphosis.
There are three main approaches to counselling and psychotherapy. These are cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), person-centred therapy (PCT) and psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapy (PDT). Each incorporates a variety of techniques and is distinct from each other in terms of their interventions and assumptions about the nature and sources of psychopathology. The Psychodynamic Approach (Originator: Sigmund Freud 1856 – 1939) PDT focuses on ways in which the unconscious impacts upon how people function (Freud, 1933). Freud believed that the unconscious is a component of the mind that the individual is unaware of, but which manifests through behaviour: “infantile wishes, desires, demands and needs that are hidden from consciousness awareness because of the conflicts and pain they would cause if they were part of everyday life” (Feldman, 1993, p. 381).
DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT AS AN ATTACHMENT! Dear Mr. Freud, The research that you compiled has helped lay the foundation for other theorists to build and develop psychoanalytical principles and techniques. Your structure of personality is still used today. The id, the ego, and the superego are still used to help determine personality. Your views of the conscience and unconscious are looked at as the greatest contributions and help in understanding behavior and the problems of personality.
History and Development of the Psychodynamic Approach The psychodynamic approach to psychoanalysis was first invented by Sigmund Freud who made significant contributions to research as he was working as neurologist in Vienna. In 1893 he published with a co-author Breuer, a paper (Breuer, Freud, 1893) when he first described that traumas from childhood may be the cause of psychological problems later, for example of hysteria or depressions. During hypnosis sessions Freud learnt from his patients that they have in their deep unconsciousness traumas from earlier life, and that those traumatic experiences are buried as a defence mechanism of the conscious soul as protection from the pain caused by those traumas. Freud introduced the concept of conscious and unconscious, basics of transference and counter-transference. Melanie Klein (Klein, 1988, 1998) made substantial discoveries and development to the theory of psychodynamics.