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    Sigmund Freud is considered the father of modern psychiatry and developed the influential Freudian theory of personality. The theory proposes that adult personality is shaped by early childhood experiences and how they are processed through human psychosexual development stages. Freud believed unresolved conflicts during these stages - oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital - could result in mental conditions. He viewed the human mind as having three parts - the id, ego, and superego - which filter experiences and can lead to internal conflicts influencing personality development. While criticized, Freud's theory remains important to understanding human psychology.

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    Sigmund Freud is considered the father of modern psychiatry and developed the influential Freudian theory of personality. The theory proposes that adult personality is shaped by early childhood experiences and how they are processed through human psychosexual development stages. Freud believed unresolved conflicts during these stages - oral, anal, phallic, latency, and genital - could result in mental conditions. He viewed the human mind as having three parts - the id, ego, and superego - which filter experiences and can lead to internal conflicts influencing personality development. While criticized, Freud's theory remains important to understanding human psychology.

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    Sigmund Freud

     Sigmund Freud is the father of psychiatry.


     His most famous accomplishment is the far-reaching personality schema in psychology:
    the Freudian theory of personality. 
     Despite many reincarnations, Freud’s theory is criticized by many (e.g. for its perceived sexism)
    and it remains the focus of hot discussions on its relevance today.

    Freudian Theory of Personality

     Human Personality: The adult personality emerges as a composite of early childhood


    experiences, based on how these experiences are consciously and unconsciously processed
    within human developmental stages, and how these experiences shape the personality.
     Not every person completes the necessary tasks of every developmental stage. When they
    don’t, the results can be a mental condition requiring psychoanalysis to achieve proper
    functioning.

    Stages of Development

     Believing that most human suffering is determined during childhood development, Freud placed
    emphasis on the five stages of psychosexual development. As a child passes through these
    stages unresolved conflicts between physical drives and social expectation may arise.
    These stages are:
    o Oral (0 – 1.5 years of age): Fixation on all things oral. If not satisfactorily met there is the
    likelihood of developing negative oral habits or behaviors.
    o Anal (1.5 to 3 years of age): As indicated this stage is primarily related to developing
    healthy toilet training habits.
    o Phallic (3 – 5 year of age): The development of healthy substitutes for the sexual
    attraction boys and girls have toward a parent of the opposite gender.
    o Latency (5 – 12 years of age): The development of healthy dormant sexual feelings for
    the opposite sex.
    o Genital (12 – adulthood): All tasks from the previous four stages are integrated into the
    mind allowing for the onset of healthy sexual feelings and behaviors.
     It is during these stages of development that the experiences are filtered through the three
    levels of the human mind. It is from these structures and the inherent conflicts that arise in the
    mind that personality is shaped. According to Freud while there is an interdependence among
    these three levels, each level also serves a purpose in personality development. Within this
    theory the ability of a person to resolve internal conflicts at specific stages of their development
    determines future coping and functioning ability as a fully-mature adult.
    Super Ego

     Each stage is processed through Freud’s concept of the human mind as a three-tier system
    consisting of the superego, the ego, and the id. The super ego functions at a conscious level. It
    serves as a type of screening center for what is going on. It is at this level that society and
    parental guidance is weighed against personal pleasure and gain as directed by one’s id.
    Obviously, this puts in motion situations ripe for conflict.

    Ego

     Much like a judge in a trial, once experiences are processed through the superego and the id
    they fall into the ego to mediate a satisfactory outcome. Originally, Freud used the word ego to
    mean a sense of self, but later revised it to mean a set of psychic functions such as judgment,
    tolerance, reality testing, control, planning, defense, synthesis of information, intellectual
    functioning, and memory.

    Id

     The egocentric center of the human universe, Freud believed that within this one level, the id is
    constantly fighting to have our way in everything we undertake.

    Critique

     So where does this leave us? In the words of Jim Morrison in a song he wrote for the Doors “I
    want the world and I want it NOW!” seems to be on the tip of many persons lips. It could have
    been entitled Ode to the Id.
     There are many mental illnesses that place the id in the forefront decision making. There are
    those whose lives are lived on a totally narcissistic level. Then there are those with anti-social
    personalities, psychotic like illnesses, and more. In the world of Freud, it is the neurotic person
    that is most affected by the principles of his theory.
     As a result, Freud laid out his plan for treatment: psychoanalysis. The treatment has been in use
    for many years with many adaptations given to it. On the plus side, psychoanalysis do present a
    client with the structure and time to resolve neurotic issues. On the negative side there is always
    expressed concern over the cost. Being that it does take time for psychoanalysis to be effective
    there is an associated cost that can be prohibitive.

    Reference: http://journalpsyche.org/the-freudian-theory-of-personality/

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