Sigmund Freud’ psychoanalysis: What are anxiety disorder and fear? The first results of Sigmund Freud in psychotherapy of neuroses, depression, disorders caused him an interest in the origin of anxiety. This interest has led him (in 1890) to the assumption that the anxiety disorders experienced by many of his patients was the results of an [...]

Personality structure of each person has three dimensions. Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, divided it into ID, Ego and Superego. When a child is born he has a simple undeveloped personality, consisting of primitive desires that he inherits. So, he is an aggregate of instincts (innate tendencies) and reflexes, a plurality of energy that seeks [...]

Dreams have fascinated philosophers for thousand years, but recently the dream became subject for empirical research and for focused scientific studies. It’s likely to be aroused often trying to solve the mystery of dream or perhaps we wonder why we dream… Let’s start by answering a basic question – What is a dream? Dream includes [...]

Comparing theories of development: Psycho-sexual theory of Sigmund Freud and psycho-social theory of Erik Erikson are two well known theories of development. Although they are influenced by Freud’s ideas, Erikson’s theory differs in an important measure of the first. Erikson, like Freud, believed that personality develops in a series of predetermined stages. Unlike the theory [...]

Personality – definition Definition and characteristics of personality In daily life are often used terms of person and personality, the common sense of the last is characteristic or quality that somebody can have or not. But their use as psychological terms requires a more precise definition of personality. The question “What is personality?” is asked. [...]

In the first half of the 20th century, there were a lot of schools of psychology, each of which tried to explain all psychological phenomena in terms of a single all – embracing system. Psychoanalysis History of psychological school began when an Austrian doctor Sigmund Freud and his colleague J. Breuer cured “Anna O.” of [...]