Psychodynamic perspective, led by Sigmund Freud, emerged in first half of 20th century.

... Psychodynamic perspective, led by Sigmund Freud, emerged in first half of 20th century. It is a wide group of theories that emphasize the power of mind by focusing on the influence of instinctual drives and the importance of developmental experiences in shaping human behavior and personality. The disciples of Freud, neo-Freudians, Ego Analysts, and Object Relation theorists, used Freud's theories and led to new directions. However, just like Freud, his disciples emphasized importance of childhood experiences that reflect our present thoughts and feelings. Among his followers, Alfred Adler particularly focused on importance of childhood experiences as Adler's theories are based on the assumption that people's present self are the produce of the past. Both Freud and Adler shared many similarities in their theories as Adler advocated theories of Freud, founding father of psychodynamic perspective, to develop his own theories. Freud viewed that much behavior are controlled by processed outside people's

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