Abstract, In psychoanalysis, we have a dynamic psychology with a vengeance. Its originator, Sigmund Freud, whatever we think of his elaborately evolved system, was a genius. Not being a psychologist by training, he was able to start from scratch, unconcerned about the gains of traditional or, for that matter, untraditional psychology. Beginning as a physician, engaged at first in neurology and pediatrics, he found himself in the field of psychiatry, and thence proceeded to revolutionize not only our whole psychological conception but the entire outlook on civilization.
Journal Article Summary, 1. The first article is called “ Sigmund Freud” from the Britannica online encyclopedia Liberty University, and Wikipedia online. Most, if not all the articles seem to say the same thing. Early life and training, (born May 6, 1856) , Freiberg, Moravia, Austrian Empire-died September 23, 1939, He was 83 when he died. London, England), Austrian neurologist, founder of psychoanalysis. He was a Austrian neurologist who became known as the founding father of psychoanalysis. Freud qualified as a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Vienna in 1881, and then carried out research into cerebral palsy, aphasia and microscopic neuroanatomy, at the Vienna General Hospital. He was appointed a University lecturer in neuropathology in 1885 and became a Professor in 1902. Psychoanalytic theory, Screen memories, At first Freud was uncertain about the status of the sexual component in the dynamic conception of the psyche. But Freud’s self-exploration was apparently enabled by a disturbing event in his life. In Oct. 1896