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In 1909 Freud analysed a 5 year old boy called Hans who had a phobia of being bitten by a horse.  Hans was particularly afraid of white horses with black around the mouth and blinkers, and would avoid them at all cost. Freud interpreted this fear of being bitten as castration anxiety at the hands of [...]

What are the consequences when the ego (the executive decision making element of our psychic apparatus) can no longer cope with the demands of our desires, our morals and values and the difficulties of reality? According to Freud anxiety, an unpleasant inner state that people try to avoid, is a signal to the ego that [...]

Sigmund Freud developed a theory for personality development centred on the sex drive and its effect on an individuals psyche. He believed that at certain points in a child’s development, a particular part of their body would be more sensitive to stimulation than others. The child will focus on each of these areas of the body because [...]

Sigmund Freud developed a clinical treatment for people’s neuroses which he called Psychoanalysis. The aim of the treatment is to re-establish a harmonious relationship between the ego, id and super-ego, and to resolve unconscious and often repressed emotional conflicts. Freud discovered that when clients were encouraged to talk about their earliest memories and occurrences of any neuroses [...]

Sigmund Freud believed the personality comprises of three components – the id, ego and supergo. Id This is the instinctive, genetically inherited part of the personality. It remains infantile throughout the individuals life, always seeking instant gratification and to reduce excitation to a minimum. The id is said to be driven by the ‘Pleasure Principle’. [...]