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Sigmund Freud
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Short Description: Sigmund Freud. (1856-1939). Introductory Comment: According to the biography of a famous French architect, he. asked a small-town catholic priest what he ...
Content Inside: Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Introductory Comment: According to the biography of a famous French architect, he asked a small-town catholic priest what he had learned from 15 years of listening to confessionals. The priest said he learned two things: (1) people are less happy than they seem, and (2) there is no such thing as a grown up human being. Introduction I. Biography: 1856 Parents - Jacob Freud (1815-1896) & Amilia Freud (1835 - 1930). Mother called him "my Golden Sigi" (from Das Sieg - "victory"). Oldest of 6 surviving children. 1873 Starts medical school. Wanted to do research. Studied under Ernst Brucke who viewed body as a dynamic system following laws of physics & chemistry. 1875 Changed name from Sigismund to Sigmund 1877 Worked with Josef Breuer who had a patient called Anna O. 1881 graduated from Medical school (after 8 years). 1882 Met & engaged to Martha Bernays - 4 1/2 yr. engagement; 900 letters. Also, discussed Breuer's patient Anna O. 1884 Started to experiment with cocaine. How long and how much he used is being hotly debated. 1885 Studied under Jean Charcot in Paris who was using hypnosis to treat hysteria. Hysteria (physical symptoms without physical causes) - "glove anesthesia" was a common disorder in Freud's time. 4 main characteristics: (1). Almost psychotic indifference to gross bodily dysfunction (2) Primarily female (3) Primarily from middle & upper-middle class families, (4) Onset typically during adolescence or early 20's. Example: Anna O. (Bertha Pappenheim) who called the therapy process with Breuer the "talking cure". (Incidently, diagnosis of hysteria is no longer in DSM-III). Freud learned 3 things: neurotics suffer from reminiscences (memories); memories can be unconscious; & memories have a common core. The fundamental assumption is called psychic determinism (no mental accidents). An example might be a parapraxis ("slip of the tongue").
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