2. Born on 6th May 1856 in
SIGMUND the Moravian town of
FREUD (1856-1939)
Příbor
Real Name: Sigismund
Schlomo Freud
An Austrian Neurologist
Attended University of
Vienna at the age of 17
in 1881
3. SIGMUND FREUD (1856-1939)
In 1881, he graduated University of
Vienna in Medicine Faculty.
The following year he worked at
Theodor Meynert's Psychiatric Clinic.
Studied a new promising
drug, cocaine.
4. In 1885, Freud
began to
distance away
from a medical
approach to
psychiatry.
Received a
brief
scholarship to
Paris'
Salpetrière Jean-Martin Charcot's Clinic
He became
immersed in
Jean-Martin
Charcot's, a
5. Hysteria was common among women in the
Victorian Era.
Freud was very interested in hypnotherapy
Charcot’s work with hypnotherapy opens a
new insight for Freud.
6. applied hypnotherapy on his
patients which he collaborate
with Josef Breuer, a friend and
Viennese doctor.
Discovered that being in a
relaxed state of mind, patients
are open about traumatic past
events
This made Freud a pioneer of
catharsis or "talking cure“
Added use of dream analysis
1896 Psychoanalysis was
officially recognized
He released fundamental
work for the whole
VIENNA, AUSTRIA IN THE 2OTH CENTURY
psychoanalytic theory titled
“Interpretation of Dreams “ in
1900
7. was appointed
as professor of
neuropathology
in University of
Vienna
o Gained some
followers
including Carl
Jung and
Alfred Alder
o 1908 The First
Congress of
International
Association of “THE COMMITTEE”
Pyschoanalysis
8. Won Goethe’s Literary Prize in 1930
Continues to published papers and books on psychoanalysis :
(1895) Studies in Hysteria
(1900) The Interpretation of Dreams
(1901) The Psychopathology of Everyday Life
(1905) Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality
(1905) Fragment of an Analysis of a Case of Hysteria
(1923) The Ego and the Id
(1930) Civilization and its Discontents
(1939) Moses and Monotheism
On 4 June 1938, Freud left Vienna for England and spend his remaining life
there.
Died on 23rd September 1939 in Hampstead house, with cause varying from
cancer to morphine abuse.
9.
10. School of Thought:
Psychoanalysis
The Conscious and Unconscious
Mind
The Id, Ego, and Superego
Life and Death Instincts
Psychosexual Development
Defence Mechanisms
Therapy Chair
12. Includes everything that
we’re aware of
is a reservoir of
feelings, thoughts, urges, and
memories that outside of our
conscious awareness
13. Life and Death Instinct
Life Instincts (Eros)
• Instincts that deal with
basic
survival, pleasure, an
d reproduction
Death Intincts
(Thanatos)
• unconscious desire to
die
20. Criticism
Freud was mostly criticize as being
unscientific
E.g. The id, ego and superego theory have
no physical part in the human brain that
represent the three elements stated.
Freud based this theory on individual
assessments with no firm proof
Freud made his observations and individual
assessments and derived his theory from a
limited population, mostly upper-class
21. Sexism
Freud theorize that women are
mutilated and must learn to accept their
lack of a penis .He focused more on
male development and implied that
women mirrored male development
and was inferior. He coined the term
“penis envy”
23. • Today, Sigmund Freud remain as the
most recognizable name in
psychology
• Contribute to a whole school of
thought which is psychoanalysis
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