Sigmund Freud and Classical Psychoanalysis
Background
Sigmund Freud is the creator of Classical psychoanalysis. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939 (Cloninger, 2013). Freud’s work extended over the period of 45 years (Murdock, 2013). His work is considered to have an enormous influence on the profession of counseling throughout history of counseling and up until current counseling context (Murdock, 2013). Thus most of the theories major theories today about human behavior can be seen as created in terms of building on the classical Psychoanalysis or in a response to the ideas of Psychoanalysis. One can see that theories like Neo-Analytic and Individual Psychology was based on an expansion of Freud’s ideas. Theories like the Behaviorism were …show more content…
This system is present at birth and stems out of all the inherited aspects or instincts and is largely unconscious. The id receives its energy from bodily processes and it relates to the needs of the individual and seeks to satisfy these needs when it can (Murdock, 2013). The id seeks only to satisfy the needs and it will do so when the need is there. It is thus governed by the pleasure principle and thus seeks satisfy the needs of the individual without taking logic of the environment into consideration (Archer & McCarthy, 2007). It is driven by emotions, desires and it’s subjective, not taking the external world into considerations. The needs determine what it wants and it is not governed by logic, or the constraints of society (Murdock, …show more content…
Where the Id is mainly unconscious the Super ego internalizes conscious norms, rules and moral values of society (Murdock, 2013). It takes messages form the external world that is perceived as the right into consideration and internalizes these messages and morals to distinguish between wrong and right (Murdock, 2013). The Superego is serves the function of curtailing the drives if the Id. In ignoring the Superego this may cause the individual feelings of guilt and anxiety. The Superego just like the Id is based on an extreme side of the coin, in that its perfectionist and too controlling. If it is in control it will do everything right (Murdock, 2013). Thus one can see if that the individual function on the needs of the superego only that this will portray a picture of someone that is doing the right think or perceived right thing all of the time. It is thus also not healthy when the individuals superego is to strong, this will cause the person to be to strict on themselves and almost operate in an overly structural manner. Not leaving much space for
Background
Sigmund Freud is the creator of Classical psychoanalysis. He was born in 1856 and died in 1939 (Cloninger, 2013). Freud’s work extended over the period of 45 years (Murdock, 2013). His work is considered to have an enormous influence on the profession of counseling throughout history of counseling and up until current counseling context (Murdock, 2013). Thus most of the theories major theories today about human behavior can be seen as created in terms of building on the classical Psychoanalysis or in a response to the ideas of Psychoanalysis. One can see that theories like Neo-Analytic and Individual Psychology was based on an expansion of Freud’s ideas. Theories like the Behaviorism were …show more content…
This system is present at birth and stems out of all the inherited aspects or instincts and is largely unconscious. The id receives its energy from bodily processes and it relates to the needs of the individual and seeks to satisfy these needs when it can (Murdock, 2013). The id seeks only to satisfy the needs and it will do so when the need is there. It is thus governed by the pleasure principle and thus seeks satisfy the needs of the individual without taking logic of the environment into consideration (Archer & McCarthy, 2007). It is driven by emotions, desires and it’s subjective, not taking the external world into considerations. The needs determine what it wants and it is not governed by logic, or the constraints of society (Murdock, …show more content…
Where the Id is mainly unconscious the Super ego internalizes conscious norms, rules and moral values of society (Murdock, 2013). It takes messages form the external world that is perceived as the right into consideration and internalizes these messages and morals to distinguish between wrong and right (Murdock, 2013). The Superego is serves the function of curtailing the drives if the Id. In ignoring the Superego this may cause the individual feelings of guilt and anxiety. The Superego just like the Id is based on an extreme side of the coin, in that its perfectionist and too controlling. If it is in control it will do everything right (Murdock, 2013). Thus one can see if that the individual function on the needs of the superego only that this will portray a picture of someone that is doing the right think or perceived right thing all of the time. It is thus also not healthy when the individuals superego is to strong, this will cause the person to be to strict on themselves and almost operate in an overly structural manner. Not leaving much space for