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Structure and functioning of the personality in Freudian Psychoanalytic Theory
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PSYCHOLOGY ESSAY Part a.) Structure and functioning of the personality in Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Sigmund Freud, as the creator of psychoanalytic theory, has begun his career as a neurologist, treating patients with hypnosis to cure hysteria. Because it had almost no affect on curing the patient, he discovered the method of free association, in which patients say whatever comes to their mind. By listening and noticing what patients were saying, he found some similarities in their memories of dreams and their childhood memories. For an easier understanding he compared our mind to an iceberg. One part (that is above the surface) represents our conscious mind; the other part (that is under the surface) represents our unconscious mind. The unconscious mind should not be confused with "being unconscious" and unconsciousness which is loss of consciousness. He claimed that unconscious mind affects the largest part of our thoughts and behavior and that all our emotions and actions have...
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