Sigmund freud theories psychoanalysis

Look to unconscious drives to explain human behavior

"Freudian analysis" redirects here. For the broader discipline founded by Sigmund Freud, see Psychoanalysis.

Sigmund Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) is considered to be the founder of the psychodynamic approach to psychology, which looks to unconscious drives to explain human behavior.

Sigmund freud theory of personality pdf

Freud believed that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions that it makes on the basis of psychological drives. The id, ego, and super-ego are three aspects of the mind Freud believed to comprise a person's personality.

Freud believed people are "simply actors in the drama of [their] own minds, pushed by desire, pulled by coincidence. Underneath the surface, our personalities represent the power struggle going on deep within us".^[1]

Religion

Further information: Sigmund Freud's views on religion

Freud did not believe in the existence of a supernatural for