He's mostly important today because of his theories involving the unconscious. The rest of his theories aren't really accepted today because they all focus on aggression and sex.
"The fourth and perhaps most important way in which Freud continues to be influential is that his theory (Psychoanalytic theory) remains the only complete theory of personality ever proposed"
Hope that helps. Like many other people have said, though, Freud was a bit of a nut, but his ideas on the unconscious mind are simply fascinating.
Freud founded and popularized the subfield of psychology called Psychoanalytic theory, which is a theory of personality. While he was very influential, he was also unethical; the man disregarded research that disagreed with him and often used his friends and family members as test subjects and basing his results off of theirs. In addition, many of his theories revolve around inhibited sexual desire. Freud is considered more of a wacky philosopher than a genuine scientist, but Psychoanalytic theory has persevered (with some tweaking here and there, of course).
sounds like the kind of thing that would really loosen a guys tongue and cause them to ask everybody about their mother and their sex life...or possibly cause some sort of scarface-like eruption. im not sure which.
he was a nutcase who thought he knew how people worked and for some odd reason people still believe in his theories
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for some old reason people still believe in his theories
Bio_Spark
Not really, no. His ideas almost haven't held up at all.
He had a lot of early theories about psychology. Most of them were crazy and centered on sexual development, but not all.
Actually a great deal of his work is still used in psychology today (id, ego, superego) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud But his greatest contributions were the unconscious defense mechanisms -there is tons of empirical support for them and they are widely accepted in field of psychology http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense_mechanism
I dont like how he assumed that children want to have sex with their parents. Children as young as hes talking about do not understand sex. I would like to see him explain why a neutered dog still communicates with others.
[QUOTE="Democratik"]I dont like how he assumed that children want to have sex with their parents. Children as young as hes talking about do not understand sex. I would like to see him explain why a neutered dog still communicates with others. Don't you think it was more symbolic than anything else?
[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="Democratik"]I dont like how he assumed that children want to have sex with their parents. Children as young as hes talking about do not understand sex. I would like to see him explain why a neutered dog still communicates with others. Don't you think it was more symbolic than anything else? It was that the kid wants to supplant the same sex parent...the son wants to take the father's role...but gets scared that father will castrate him and ends up identifying with him in order to become him (dad becomes his role model)
[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="Democratik"]I dont like how he assumed that children want to have sex with their parents. Children as young as hes talking about do not understand sex. I would like to see him explain why a neutered dog still communicates with others. Don't you think it was more symbolic than anything else? It was that the kid wants to supplant the same sex parent...the son wants to take the father's role...but gets scared that father will castrate him and ends up identifying with him in order to become him (dad becomes his role model) Yes I know but isn't there a greater meaning to be found from that?
[QUOTE="biggest_loser"][QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"] Don't you think it was more symbolic than anything else? It was that the kid wants to supplant the same sex parent...the son wants to take the father's role...but gets scared that father will castrate him and ends up identifying with him in order to become him (dad becomes his role model) Yes I know but isn't there a greater meaning to be found from that? What do you mean...that is pretty deep as it is (want to be the man by force, get scared, so imitate the man thus becoming the man later on) Although, this is one area that I do not totally agree w/ Freud -I think many kids want to 'marry' their opposite sex parent in a non-sexual way and that most kids identify with and emulate their same sex parent
[QUOTE="rawsavon"][QUOTE="biggest_loser"] Don't you think it was more symbolic than anything else? biggest_loser
It was that the kid wants to supplant the same sex parent...the son wants to take the father's role...but gets scared that father will castrate him and ends up identifying with him in order to become him (dad becomes his role model) Yes I know but isn't there a greater meaning to be found from that?
Nope. According to Freud, these are unconscious desires that everyone has, and they manifest in strange ways.
He's pretty much the father of modern psychology. Even if his ideas are widely disputed, he was one of the first people to try and understand the intricacies of the inner mind.
According to Freud every young boy wan't to have sex with his mother but eventually learns to deny themselves this desire due to casteration anxiety - the fear that his father would casterate him. Women don't experience this phase, rather they're jealous of the male organ and will remain so for the rest of thier lives. BUT despite this Freud is considered to be the father of Moden psychology and most of Frueds theories make more sense than this one.
According to Freud every young boy wan't to have sex with his mother but eventually learns to deny themselves this desire due to casteration anxiety - the fear that his father would casterate him. Women don't experience this phase, rather they're jealous of the male organ and will remain so for the rest of thier lives. BUT despite this Freud is considered to be the father of Moden psychology and most of Frueds theories make more sense than this one.alphamale1989
I can safely say ive never had any fear my dad would castrate me, nor did I ever want to sleep with my mom. It seems to be against most animalistic behavior to actually want relatives
[QUOTE="alphamale1989"]According to Freud every young boy wan't to have sex with his mother but eventually learns to deny themselves this desire due to casteration anxiety - the fear that his father would casterate him. Women don't experience this phase, rather they're jealous of the male organ and will remain so for the rest of thier lives. BUT despite this Freud is considered to be the father of Moden psychology and most of Frueds theories make more sense than this one.Democratik
I can safely say ive never had any fear my dad would castrate me, nor did I ever want to sleep with my mom. It seems to be against most animalistic behavior to actually want relativesYou didn't want to sleep with your mom, but you subconcios mind did, atleast that's what Freud said.
In a nutshell, humans are powered by an energy called libido. The human unconscious known as the id is basically this type of instinctual energy. The id may represent the animalistic urges such as sex. Since it is inappropriate for a human in a modern society to be completely controlled by instincts, a conscious part known as the ego tries to satisfy urges from the id through appropriate and realistic means (more rational way of satisfying urges). Another part known as the superego is like a moral guard that can guide a person to satisfy the urges through morally appropriate means. If the ego is unable to provide a source of pleasure for the id, then that's when pathology arises.
[QUOTE="alphamale1989"]According to Freud every young boy wan't to have sex with his mother but eventually learns to deny themselves this desire due to casteration anxiety - the fear that his father would casterate him. Women don't experience this phase, rather they're jealous of the male organ and will remain so for the rest of thier lives. BUT despite this Freud is considered to be the father of Moden psychology and most of Frueds theories make more sense than this one.clubsammich91
I can safely say ive never had any fear my dad would castrate me, nor did I ever want to sleep with my mom. It seems to be against most animalistic behavior to actually want relativesYou didn't want to sleep with your mom, but you subconcios mind did, atleast that's what Freud said. I didnt even like girls then. I was only concerned with ninja turtles and ghost busters. It goes against our evolution as well, most animals wont breed with relatives if they have the choice.
In a nutshell, humans are powered by an energy called libido. The human unconscious known as the id is basically this type of instinctual energy. The id may represent the animalistic urges such as sex. Since it is inappropriate for a human in a modern society to be completely controlled by instincts, a conscious part known as the ego tries to satisfy urges from the id through appropriate and realistic means (more rational way of satisfying urges). Another part known as the superego is like a moral guard that can guide a person to satisfy the urges through morally appropriate means. If the ego is unable to provide a source of pleasure for the id, then that's when pathology arises.
one_plum
the reason I disagree with this is because a castrated dog still moves. freud believed sex powered everything. a castrated dog has no desire for sex. If everything was sex, the dog would just lay there. its not such a far fetch to assume a human would act similarly.
In a nutshell, humans are powered by an energy called libido. The human unconscious known as the id is basically this type of instinctual energy. The id may represent the animalistic urges such as sex. Since it is inappropriate for a human in a modern society to be completely controlled by instincts, a conscious part known as the ego tries to satisfy urges from the id through appropriate and realistic means (more rational way of satisfying urges). Another part known as the superego is like a moral guard that can guide a person to satisfy the urges through morally appropriate means. If the ego is unable to provide a source of pleasure for the id, then that's when pathology arises.
Democratik
the reason I disagree with this is because a castrated dog still moves. freud believed sex powered everything. a castrated dog has no desire for sex. If everything was sex, the dog would just lay there. its not such a far fetch to assume a human would act similarly.
Well, like some here already mentioned, Freud's theory is not popular today, but he's one of the first psychologists who created a detailed theory.
[QUOTE="Democratik"] I can safely say ive never had any fear my dad would castrate me, nor did I ever want to sleep with my mom. It seems to be against most animalistic behavior to actually want relatives
Democratik
You didn't want to sleep with your mom, but you subconcios mind did, atleast that's what Freud said. I didnt even like girls then. I was only concerned with ninja turtles and ghost busters. It goes against our evolution as well, most animals wont breed with relatives if they have the choice. It doesn't have to do with sex as much as it does control. Freud says when we are born we get constant attention from our mothers and our main competitors for that attention was our fathers. It's the same for girls too, but the other way around.
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