Sigmund Freud

Childhood

Sigmund Freud was born on 6th May, 1856 in Freibergy Morvia. His father Jacob was a merchant and his mother Amelia (3rd wife of Jacob) who called him "My Golden Sigi". From his father Freud inherited his sense of humor, shrewd skepticism, liverism and thinking and "sentimentalism" from his mother.

His family shifted to Vienna when Sigmund was only 4 years old. Earlier in Vienna were unpleasant. Though he remembered very little between the age, 3 and 4, Freud said, "They were hard times and not worth remembering."

Freud's continuous memory became at the age of 7 years. Incidents he remembered at the age, between 3 & 7, were spoiling the chair with his dirty hands for which he promised his mother that he would grew up great and buy a new chair. Similar was with his father that he promised him to buy a red bed. This shows that love was stronger than aggression.

Freud's Teenage

Freud was so industrious that he was always maintaining his standard in educational field. In 1870, when he was 17 years old, he was inspired by the Philosophical Idealism of Franz Brenteno. At the same time, he was also inspired to do double Ph.d. in physiology and philosophy by the neurological positivism of Ernst Bruke. He passed his Matriculation examination in the year 1873.

Education In University

Freud studied in Medical School at the University of Vienna. Here he concentrated on his studies of Biology for 6 years under the well known German scientist Ernst Bruke. Freud received his medical degree in 1881. After his 2-1 / 2 year in University, he began first of his numerous original researches (1876). Before that in 1875, he was allowed to found the Zoological experimental station at Trieste, one of the first of its kinds in the world.

Marriage

Freud married Martha Bernays in 1886.

Family

Freud had 6 children during the 8 years of his marriage life. Amongst them, Anna Freud was his youngest daughter. Eventually, Anna became model-life for Freud's child development studies. They had very close relationship. Ultimately Anna became her father's colleague and successor. She was a founder of Child Psycho-Analysis.

Theory Of Psychoanalysis

Sigmund Freud was the first psychologist to use the term Psychoanalysis. Joseph Breuer was important person who led him to psychoanalysis. The new technique showed the relations between the physician and the patient, and gave surprising results distinguishing it from the "Cathartic Method". Freud gave new name Psychoanalysis to this method.

Freud could show with his extensive work with patients that factors which influence thought and action exist outside of awareness that unconscious conflict play important part in deciding abnormal behaviour and also that the past shapes the present. This technique of psychoanalysis is still employed today in the same manner but with more assurance and better understanding of its limitation.