Sigmund Freud was a remarkable social scientist that changed psychology through out the world. He was the first major social scientist to propose a unified theory to understand and explain human behavior. No theory that has followed has been more complete‚ more complex‚ or more controversial. Some psychologists treat Freud’s writings as a sacred text - if Freud said it‚ it must be true. On the other hand‚ many have accused Freud of being unscientific‚ suggesting theories that are too complicated
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Alfred Adler Neo Freudian Opposition to Freud’s deterministic view of human nature and importance he placed on sex Opposition to emphasis on instincts as primary motivator for human behaviour Opposition to Freud’s negative view of human nature Was never a disciple of Freud One of Freud’s colleagues said that Adler did not have the ability to probe the unconscious mind and psychoanalyze people – interesting to speculate whether this supposed lack led Adler to base his theories around the conscious
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Sigmund Freud Sigismund Freud was born May 6‚ 1856‚ in Freiberg‚ Moravia to parents Jacob and Amalia. He changed his name to Sigmund in 1878. The Freud family moved to Vienna‚ Austria in 1860. Freud was an excellent student and graduated from secondary school in 1873‚ after which he began studying medicine at the University of Vienna. He receives his doctorate degree in 1881. Freud was very much interested in the unconscious of the mind‚ hysteria and hypnosis so he studied it intensely with
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In the field of psychology‚ Sigmund Freud‚ Alfred Adler‚ and Carl Jung‚ developed three distinct theories of personality that to this day‚ continue to be the foundations on which all modern psychological theories are built. All three of these remarkable men knew and worked with each other. When Adler and Jung praised Freud ’s book on dream interpretation‚ they were invited to join Freud ’s circle of peers‚ who met weekly at his home in Vienna‚ Austria (Engler‚ 2006). At these meetings they discussed
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Carl Gustav Jung was born on July 26‚ 1875 to a Swiss Pastor and his wife‚ in Kesswil‚ Switzerland. He was raised in Basel and attended school in Klein-Huningen. As a young boy Carl was fascinated by language‚ literature and archeology but was not really interested in school. He eventually enrolled and continued his education at the Humanistisches Gymnasium in Basel‚ and excelled at Latin. Because of his father’s faith‚ Jung developed a keen interest in religious history‚ but settled on the study
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Theoretical positions come from within the field of development psychology are being debated. The greatest insight of psychological analysis consists of Alder’s individual psychology‚ Jung’s analytical psychology‚ James’s stream of thought and Freud’s psychoanalysis‚ provides a clear explanation on consciousness. On the other hand‚ understanding the importance of consciousness and the traditional psychoanalytical approach where psychologist emphasizes on the contrast between functionalism and structuralism
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Alfred Adler was born in the suburbs of Vienna on February 7‚ 1870‚ the third child‚ second son‚ of a Jewish grain merchant and his wife. As a child‚ Alfred developed rickets‚ which kept him from walking until he was four years old. At five‚ he nearly died of pneumonia. It was at this age that he decided to be a physician. He began his medical career as an ophthalmologist‚ but he soon turned to psychiatry‚ and in 1907 was invited to join Freud’s discussion group. After writing several papers which
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CARL GUSTAV JUNG Carl Jung was born in Kesswyl‚ Thurgau‚ Switzerland on July 26‚ 1875. His father was kind but weak‚ while his mother was an insecure woman but with two personalities: (a) kind and loving (b) harsh and aloof. Jung was lonely at childhood making him introvert. In 1906 he published The Psychology of Dementia Praecox‚ a psychoanalytic treatment of schizophrenia. He first met Freud in 1907 and Freud regarded Jung as his son and they travelled and worked together that lasted until
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CARL JUNG Carl Gustav Jung was born on 26th July‚ 1875 in Kesswyl‚ a town on Lake Constance in Switzerland. For sixty years‚ Carl Jung devoted himself with intense energy and with a singularity of purpose to analyzing the far-flung and deep-lying processes of human personality. Although Carl Jung’s theory of personality is usually identified as a psychoanalytic theory because of the emphasis that it places upon unconscious processes‚ it differs in some notable aspects from Freud’s theory of personality
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LIFE OF SIGMUND FREUD The Life of Sigmund Freud Psychology 111 Abstract Sigmund Freud is one the most popular theorists in psychology. Throughout his career he focuses and discusses the most important subjects and theories in the field of psychology. Looking at his life and the effects of his relationships with his parents and children‚ his aspirations to do research on human behavior‚ it is obvious that he has a vast collection of experiences to form his ideas. From his theory
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