Sigmund Freud

Personality PsychologyPersonality Psychology

HistoryHistory

Freud's Personal History Born: May 6, 1856 in Moravia (turned

into Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic)

Died: September 23, 1939 in London of cancer

Lived: Eighty years in Vienna, Austria until Nazis invaded in 1838

HistoryHistory

Freud's Personal History Very intelligent child. Mother’s

favorite… “My golden Sigi” Married Martha Bernays, had 6

children. Anna followed in his footsteps.

Career in Medicine/Wanted to be a researcher.

HistoryHistory

Freud's Professional History Studied physiology – believed body was

a closed system and thought reductionism could be applied to mind.

Interest in Hypnosis Treatment of Hysteria

Theory – Theory – Fundamental AssumptionsFundamental Assumptions

Core of Personality

Psychic Determinism

Hydraulic System – Homeostasis

Psychic Energy - Closed System

Libido Cathexis

Life & Death Instinct

Levels of Consciousness

Conscious

Preconscious

Unconscious

Personality Structures Id

Pleasure Principle Primary Process Thought Wish Fulfillment

Ego Reality Principle Secondary Process Thought

Superego Ego Ideal Conscience Guilt

Anxiety

Anxiety Types

Objective Neurotic

Ego vs. Id Moral

Ego vs. Superego

Defense Mechanism Repression Denial Displacement Rationalization Reaction formation Regression Projection Sublimation Identification/Introjection Intellectualization Undoing

Psychosexual Stages

Fixations Oral (0-1)

Expulsive Retentive

Anal (1-3) Expulsive Retentive

Phallic (3-6) Latency (6-12) Genital (Adolescence)