Sigmund Freud was a popular Austrian Neurologist who greatly impacted the world of Psychology . He was known for his theories on libido, the ego, child sexuality and many other topics, while his development of Psychoanalysis theories and techniques was his best known work. He believed that the id, the ego, and the superego were the 3 major elements that the mind was composed of. Freud mainly had a deep interest of caring for others. Freud was born on May 6, 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia. When he was only 4 years old, he was forced to leave his birthplace, leaving all of his family and move to Vienna with this mother, father and siblings. There, he would live and work for most of the remainder of his life. His traumatic memories of this journey to Vienna is what triggered his interest in psychology. Freud was extremely smart and earned a medical degree in 1881 at the University of Vienna. After his graduation, he was mainly interested in treating various psychological disorders. His daily …show more content…
He used many different psychoanalytic methods to expand his theory. Some of the ones he used were Dream Interpretation, Hypnosis, and Free Association. Dream Interpretation is where he would let his patient lay down on his couch, and ask him about his dreams. Dreams consist of implicit and explicit content, according to Freud. The actual story that a person can recall, is what is called explicit content. The subconscious meaning of the dream, usually includes sex or aggression. This is the implicit content. Hypnosis was first introduced into Psychology by Freud. Basically, the idea of hypnosis is that Freud believed that he would be able to analyze what is happening with his patients, through the clues they give him under the power of suggestion. Lastly, free association is quite simple. It was used to explore the subconscious. Like the hypnosis, Freud would get clues from his patient through the nature of the