Sigmund Freud
by Manasa Manivannan
1. Austrian neurologist
2. Born - 6th may 1856
3. 1873 - enrolled in medical college
4. 1881 - dropped out of college
5. 1883 - Worked for 3 years in vienna General hospital
6. 1885 - Joined as lecturer in central neuropathy
7. 1888 - started practicing hypnotism
8. Was identified with cancer in jaws
8.1. Underwent 30+ operations to remove pre-cancerous growth
8.1.1. prosthesis to replace his jaw and palate
9. 1927 - published The Future of anIllusion
10. 1930 - published Civilisation and its Discontents
11. 1934 - His books were burned publicly.
12. 1938 - Emigrated from Vienna
13. Died - 23 September 1939 (age 83)
14. Founder of Psychoanalysis and its theories
14.1. Levels of Consciousness: - Conscious, Preconscious and Unconscious
14.1.1. Conscious - sensations and experiences that the person is aware of while he is awake
14.1.2. Pre-conscious - not presently happening but have happened in the past and the memory
14.1.3. Unconscious -motivations are out of awareness
14.2. Worked on Unconscious state of mind
15. Defined the structure of personality - 3 terms
15.1. ID
15.1.1. psychobiological urges
15.2. EGO
15.2.1. conscious agent
15.3. Super EGO
15.3.1. moral and social aspect of personality