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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud . May 1856 – 23 September 1939. Early Life. Freud wa s born in Freiberg, Moravia i n 1856 When he was four years old his family moved to Vienna where he was to live and work until the last years of his life His paren ts ensured his schooling and education

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Sigmund Freud

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  1. Sigmund Freud May 1856 – 23 September 1939

  2. Early Life • Freud was born in Freiberg, Moraviain 1856 • When he was four years old his family moved to Vienna where he was to live and work until the last years of his life • His parents ensured his schooling and education • Studied at the University ogVienna

  3. Field of research • Psychology was his main field of research • Psychologyis the study of the mind • What motivates individuals • What makes people “tick”

  4. Contributions • He founded the discipline of psychoanalysis • Psychoanalysis is a psychological theory conceived in the late 19th and early 20th • Basic Psychoanalysis includes…. Experiences which are largely determined by irrational drives, those drives are largely unconscious & Events in early childhood

  5. Unconscious Mind • Strongly believed in repression- "the psychical mechanism of (unconscious) defence“ • Wrote The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), and Jokes and their Relation to the Unconscious (1905) • Dealt with unconscious mental activity

  6. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfP9AIJA72E

  7. Cocaine Use • Early user and proponent of cocaine as a stimulant • He believed that cocaine was a cure for many mental and physical problems

  8. How did he further psychology? • Refined the concepts of the unconscious mind • Created a reference for the understanding of human psychological development and the treatment of abnormal mental conditions • Dream interpretation

  9. Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWMEnkyL_qA

  10. Dream Theories • Maintained the notion that the dream fundamentally acts as the guardian of sleep • Believed that the body manufactured dreams to protect the sleeper from internal and external stimuli

  11. Composition of a Dream • Freud claimed there were 2 parts to a dream: • The Manifest: • content that a person would remember as soon as they wake - what they could consciously describe to someone when recalling the dream. • Freud believed the manifest content possessed no meaning. • The Latent Content: • holds the true meaning of the dream - the thoughts and unconscious desires. • disguised in the manifest content • Dreams which the manifest and latent content can be indistinguishable Freud referred to as “Infantile dreams”

  12. Dream Work • The process by which the latent content is transformed into the manifest content. • Works in 4 ways: • Condensation • Displacement • Symbolism • Secondary Revision

  13. Freud insisted that dreams are a form of fulfilling suppressed wishes. If a wish goes unsatisfied during the dreamer’s normal day, the mind reacts to this ‘internal stimuli’ by transforming it into a visual fantasy – allowing the dreamer to satisfy his or her desire. The result of which is a peaceful night’s sleep.

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