Contributions Of European Phsycologists
...that has been studied across the globe for hundreds of years. There have been contributions from South America, North America, and Europe. While all theories and psychologists are equally important, it was the history and concepts of European psychology that have been the most intriguing and thus, the base of this paper. It would take much more than 12 pages to properly pay respects to all of the brilliant European psychologists. Therefore, this research paper will focus on five countries and the eight key psychologists from them.
Czechoslovakia presented the world and psycho scientific community with Sigmund Freud. As one of the most controversial, yet influential psychologists, Sigmund Freud is known as the father of Psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis focuses on the unconscious aspects of personality (Sheehy, 2004). Freud developed the psychoanalytic theory, or Freudian approach. To better understand this theory you must understand Freud’s division of the human personality. He claims there are three main parts: the conscious, the pre-conscious, and the unconscious. These divisions are also referred to as the id, the ego and the super ego. He said the mind was like an iceberg; that it is therefore mostly hidden in the unconscious, wherein lies the aspects of personality that the individual is unaware.
In 1923 Freud more precisely theorized his constructs of the id, ego and the superego. We are born with the id, by the age of two we develop the ego and by the age of five the super ego is developed. He claims the “id” to be the most primitive part of our personality ; seeking immediate gratification. According to
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Freud, every human has a life or death instinct, which is located within the “id”. The “ego” is extremely objective and operates accordingly with the “reality principal”. It basically keeps the “id” in check, thus...
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