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Sigmund Freud was a complex man that was a genius in his field. Freud's studies, theories and techniques have had more impact on the world of psychology than any other single person in history and is widely recognized as one of it's founding fathers. His explorations into the use of hypnosis, studies of hysteria and the catharsis system and dream interpretations were groundbreaking work in the world of psychoanalysis. His techniques of diagnosis are still in use today. Freud introduced many new and controversial theories into the world of psychology such as the phases of the Id, Ego, and Super ego and the impact of developmental psychology.Sigmund Freud was born on May 6, 1856 in Moravia, which is known today as the city of Pribor in the Czech Republic. Freud's father was a small wool merchant and relocated often in the search of work. In 1858 the Freud family picked-up and moved to Leipzig, which turned out to be a brief visit rather than permanent move. He spent less than a year in Leipzig before moving again and settling in Vienna in 1860. Freud excelled in school and graduated at the head of his class from the "Gymnasium" at the age of 17. He went on to the University of Vienna's Medical School in 1873.
1882-1883 Freud is employed as doctor at Theodor Meynert's Psychiatric Clinic. 1884-1885 Freud researches the medicinal effects of coca. 1929 Arnold Zweig publishes an essay entitled Freud and Humankind in which he celebrates Freud as a liberator from religious and pathological terror. 1935 Freud is elected Honorary Member of the British Royal Society of Medicine. 1911 Alfred Adler resigns from the Vienna Psychoanalytic Society. In 1897 Freud took on the task of his own self-analysis. During this time he kept close contact with Wilhelm Fliess, who was working in Berlin. Freud would pass-on his interpretations of his findings to Fliess to review. His analysis would carry-on for two years before he diagnosed himself as suffering from anxiety neurosis caused by guilt of wishing the death of his own father, because of his desire for his mother. In 1900 he would release "The Interpretation of Dreams" which covered this research and findings. Freud first became interested in the aspects of the ego system while studying hypnosis. Freud could not understand how a person's mind could forget traumatic experiences while conscious, but once under hypnosis they could recall specific details to the events. "The forgotten material represented something painful, something disagreeable, or something frightful, or obnoxious to the ego of the patient, which he did not like to think of consciously" (Brill). The patient w! 1887-1888 Freud becomes interested in hypnotherapy. 1859-1865 The Freuds move to Vienna in The final stage is the longest, lasting upward to seven years, it is known as the genital phase. There is a renewed interest and pleasure that derives from the sexual organs and masturbation may become a frequent practice. The child still keeps contact with same sex friends but may also begin to venture out and make contacts and form relationships with members of the opposite sex. This phase is also marked by the maturation of the ego and the child comes to realize that some rules are less life threatening than others are and a rebellious attitude may begin to form.
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