many of the factors that determine their emotions and behavior. These unconscious

factors may create unhappiness or difficulties in work and in love relationships, or

disturbances in mood and self-esteem.

Known as the "father of psychology," Sigmund Freud developed many of the first

theories of modern physiology. He put forth many new concepts about sexuality,

consciousness, unconsciousness and instincts. It was these concepts that enabled him to

found the school of psychology known as psychoanalysis. The cornerstone of Sigmund

Freud's psychoanalysis is the interpretation of dreams. Freud called dream-interpretation

the "via reggia," or the "royal road" to the unconscious, and it is his theory of dreams that

has best stood the test of time over a period of more than seventy years. Many of his

insights into the human mind, which were revolutionary at the turn of the century, are

now widely accepted by most schools of psychology. Although others before and during

his time had begun to realize the role of unconscious mental activity, Freud was the first

one to really understand its importance. Th

not only a therapy. It is also a method for learning about the mind, a way of

form of psychology that doesn't in some way stem from psychoanalysis.

ego and super ego. The id possesses the instincts that we gain when we are born. It is the

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