Sigmund freud contribution to psychology

Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was the founder of psychoanalysis, a theory of how the mind works and a method of helping people in mental distress.

Freud was born on 6 May 1856 in Freiberg, Moravia (today Příbor, Czech Republic) to a family of Jewish wool merchants.

Freud spent most of his life in Vienna, where the family moved in 1860.

It was in Vienna that Freud went to school, attended university, got married, trained as a research scientist and then a doctor, and developed psychoanalysis.

As psychoanalysis spread, Freud built up a global following.

When the Nazis took over Austria in 1938, Freud was forced to flee. He died on 23 September 1939 at his home in London, now the Freud Museum.

Freud was one of the most influential and controversial thinkers of the 20th century.

He developed a new vision of human existence – but in doing so he undermined deeply cherished cultural values and aroused immense hostility.

“I do not wish to arouse conviction; I wish to stimulate thought and to upset

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Sigmund Freud

Founder of psychoanalysis (1856–1939)

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Sigmund Freud
Freud, c. 1921[1]
Born	Sigismund Schlomo Freud (1856-05-06)6 May 1856 Freiberg in Mähren, Moravia, Austrian Empire (now Příbor, Czechia)
Died	23 September 1939(1939-09-23) (aged 83) Hampstead, London, England
Resting place	Freud Corner, London, UK
Education	University of Vienna (MD)
Known for	Psychoanalysis, including the theories of id, ego and super-ego, oedipus complex, repression, defence mechanism, stages of psychosexual development
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Children	6, including Ernst and Anna
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Awards	Goethe Prize (1930)
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Sigmund Freud (FROYD;^[2]German:[ˈziːkmʊntˈfrɔʏt]; born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for evaluating and treating path

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3.2: A Brief Biography of Sigmund Freud, M.D.

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Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born on May 6^th, 1856, in the small, industrial town of Freiberg in Moravia (today it is known as Pribor in the Czech Republic). Freud never used the name Schlomo, his paternal grandfather’s name, and he shortened his first name while at the University of Vienna. His family life was unusual, and somewhat complicated. His father, Jakob Freud, was 40 years old when he married Freud’s mother, Amalia Nathanson. She was 20 years younger than Jakob Freud, and several years younger than Jakob’s son, Emanuel, from an earlier marriage. One of Freud’s first friends was a nephew who was a year older than Freud!

Jakob Freud was never particularly successful in business. The industrial importance of Freiberg was declining, so the young family left and eventually settled in Vienna, Austria (Jakob’s sons from his first marriage, Emanuel and Philipp, emigrated to England). At this point Jakob and Amalia Freud had two children, Sigmund and his sister Ann