Freud‘s psychoanalytic theory is an example of psychodynamic approach to the study of human behavior. With this approach, it is believed that the unconscious psychological conflicts control human behavior. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, built psychoanalytic concepts almost entirely on his extensive clinical observations on patients with neuroses as well as on psychoanalysis. Freud distinguished three levels of mind – consciousness, preconscious and unconscious - in order to describe the accessibility awareness of mental processes. The most [...]

A Short History of Sigmund Freud Theory Freud’s Topographical Model Conscious Preconscious Unconscious Freudian Theory and the Structural Model Id Ego Superego The interplay between these structures is referred to as the psychodynamics of the personality. ID: The deep, unconscious part of personality.  Composed of biological, instinctual drives.  Innate (born with it)  Seeks immediate, indiscriminant [...]