Sigmund Freud Research Paper

Sigmund Freud was one of the greatest philosophers of the early nineteenth century. He created theories about the human subconscious, repression, psychology and dreams. He has been compared to Plato and Jung, who are also powerful philosophers of their times. Freud established the field of verbal psychoanalysis and developed theories about the human subconscious. He was born Sigmund Schlomo Freud on May 6, 1856 to Jakob Freud and Amalia Freud. Sigmund was the oldest of eight children and his parent’s favorite. He was intellectually farther ahead than his brothers and sisters. For example, he began reading Shakespeare at eight years old. From the age of four he lived in Vienna, Austria and continued school there. He attended the

A tripartite theory is a theory consisting of three parts. Freud’s theory was that the human subconscious is composed of the id, ego and superego. A simple way to think of this is that the ego is the person, the id is the devil on their shoulder and the superego is the angel on the other shoulder. The id is the irrational and unconscious instinct for needs. All the id knows is what it desires and it does not care how it comes about. The superego is hyper-aware of right and wrong, it consists of your conscience. The superego is what makes you feel guilt. The ego is the conscious awareness of both the id and the superego, and it tries to appease both. The ego is the most logical-“the focus of awareness has expanded from ‘what I want’ to ‘how I can get it’”(NNDB- Sigmund Freud). The ego, superego and id all antagonize one another but they keep each other in balance and couldn’t function otherwise. “Freud was fascinated by the interaction of these various aspects of the psyche—and the way that they sometimes come into stark conflict. That is, it is left to the ego to successfully meet the needs of the id, while staying within the limits imposed by the superego.”(NNDB-Sigmund