Evaluate Freud's Psychodynamic Analysis
Evaluate Freud's psychodynamic theory.
The godfather of psychology .as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time.
Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg, Morovia, to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth, his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo, women were treated as second class and children had no rights. Extreme double standards were normal, rich men would happily pay prostitutes for their services, while strictly withholding standards closer to home.
Freud lived most of his life in Vienna and was educated at Vienna university. He studied to be a physician, and had a particularly keen interest in neurology. In 1885 he moved to Paris where he spent time studying under Jean Charoct in a mental hospital. It was there that Freud became interested in hysteria.
Freud studied hysteria at length. He became involved with Josef Breuer. Dr Breuer became Freuds mentor, together they co - authored a book on hysteria. It was during these studies Freud concluded that secret sexual desires were the root of all hysteria neurosis. This started his in depth studies of his famous psychodynamic theory. It was during these studies …show more content…
Freud believed that the child experienced erogenous pleasure while defecating. Potty training takes place around this time, so the child had to learn control over its bowels. Also the caregiver puts emphasis on the child to control urges regarding deviant behaviour ( often called the terrible twos ). If the caregiver is too controlling the child is likely to grow to have an anally retentive personality e.g the adult will have rigid thought complexes, be overly organised, and obsessed with neatness. On the other hand, if the caregiver is not controlling enough, the child will grow up to be messy, untidy and could possibly be defiant with little self
The godfather of psychology .as he has often been termed. Perhaps he was in his time.
Sigmund Freud. Born in Freiberg, Morovia, to a poor family in the year 1856. His mother was 21 at the time of his birth, his father was 20 years her senior. Attitudes towards sex and women were very different at this time. Sex was very much taboo, women were treated as second class and children had no rights. Extreme double standards were normal, rich men would happily pay prostitutes for their services, while strictly withholding standards closer to home.
Freud lived most of his life in Vienna and was educated at Vienna university. He studied to be a physician, and had a particularly keen interest in neurology. In 1885 he moved to Paris where he spent time studying under Jean Charoct in a mental hospital. It was there that Freud became interested in hysteria.
Freud studied hysteria at length. He became involved with Josef Breuer. Dr Breuer became Freuds mentor, together they co - authored a book on hysteria. It was during these studies Freud concluded that secret sexual desires were the root of all hysteria neurosis. This started his in depth studies of his famous psychodynamic theory. It was during these studies …show more content…
Freud believed that the child experienced erogenous pleasure while defecating. Potty training takes place around this time, so the child had to learn control over its bowels. Also the caregiver puts emphasis on the child to control urges regarding deviant behaviour ( often called the terrible twos ). If the caregiver is too controlling the child is likely to grow to have an anally retentive personality e.g the adult will have rigid thought complexes, be overly organised, and obsessed with neatness. On the other hand, if the caregiver is not controlling enough, the child will grow up to be messy, untidy and could possibly be defiant with little self