Sigmund Freud

Father of Psychoanalysis
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•Sigismund (later changed to Sigmund) Freud was

born on 6 May 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia (now
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Pribor in the Czech Republic). His father was a
merchant. The family moved to Leipzig and then
settled in Vienna, where Freud was educated.
Freud's family were Jewish but he was himself
non-practising.
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• Sigmund Freud is a famous figure in the

field of psychology.

• 1980- Rosenfels, described him as a

towering, literary figure and a very
talented communicator who did his share
to raise the consciousness of the civilized
world in psychological matters.
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• Freud is famous for inventing and

developing the technique of psychoanalysis
; for articulating the psychoanalytic theory
of motivation, mental illness, and the
structure of the subconscious.
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• After graduating (1873) from

secondary school in Vienna,
Sigmund Freud entered the medical
school of the University of Vienna
,concentrating on physiology and
neurology; he obtained a medical
degree in 1881.
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• Sigmund Freud died of a lethal dose of

morphine administered at his request by
his friend and physician Max Schur. Freud
had been suffering agonizing pain caused
by an inoperable cancerous tumour in his
eye socket and cheek. The cancer had
begun as a lesion in his mouth that he
discovered in 1923.
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• Freud made a significant contribution in the

scientific world
• Method of psychoanalysis- study the human
body and neurotic illness.
• According to Weiner (2016), his method of
psychoanalysis was proven to be effective in
understanding
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some neurological condition that were not

understood by medicine at that time.
• Contribution to knowledge can be seen in
many aspects of the human scene,
including art, literature, philosophy,
politics, and psycho-therapy.
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• In 1900, Freud broke ground in psychology by

publishing his book "
The Interpretation of Dreams." In his book,
Freud named the mind's energy libido and said
that the libido needed to be discharged to
ensure pleasure and prevent pain. If it wasn't
released physically, the mind's energy would be
discharged through dreams.
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• The book explained Freud's belief that dreams were

simply wish fulfillment and that the analysis of dreams
could lead to treatment for neurosis. He concluded that
there were two parts to a dream. The "manifest
content" was the obvious sight and sounds in the
dream and the "latent content" was the dream's hidden
meaning.
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• In 1901, he published “The Psychopathology of

Everyday Life," which gave life to the saying
"Freudian slip." Freud theorized that forgetfulness
or slips of the tongue are not accidental. They are
caused by the "dynamic unconscious" and reveal
something meaningful about the person.
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The Unconscious Mind

•Freud (1900, 1905) developed a
topographical model of the mind, whereby he
described the features of the mind’s structure and
function. Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to
describe the three levels of the mind.
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