Few scientists ever make a lasting impression for the centuries to come. The most influential of these elite scientists is Austrian psychologist, Sigmund Freud, who was born on May 6, 1856. He was at the top of his class during his studies and eventually ended up conducting psychological experiments on his own. Dr. Freud theorized about the human mind, which led to his numerous contributions to medical science make his legacy an undeniable one. The genius, Sigmund Freud, developed numerous theories that revolutionized clinical psychology, electroconvulsive shock treatment, and dream interpretations during the 1940s.
During the 1940s, there were countless clinical psychology facilities that used many of Freud’s theories. Clinical psychology cannot be clearly
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In 1900, Freud published his theories about dreams in a book titled The Interpretation of Dreams. Here, Freud theorized that dreams all The debate meanings and hypothesized that our dreams are a visualization of our greatest fears and desires. Moreover, Freud explained that an individual will add or elaborate upon their dreams to make sense of everything. Society was very fascinated with these theories and “in the 1940s and 1950s the ability to measure sleep, initially in animals and then in humans, arrived” (Cunnington). During these years, scientists studied the brain and its activity during a dream. Countless tests demonstrated that there are two types of dreams, ones that seem abstract and bizarre and ones that revisit recent events that had occurred. Both types of dreams need to be interpreted to make sure your mental health has no apparent problems. “...The analysts usually instructs the dreamer to write down the dream immediately after he visualizes it” (Samiksha 5). Basically, to fully understand one’s dream, it is vital to write it down to be analyzed later. Sigmund Freud’s theories aided in understanding