Sigmund Freud Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 5 pages of analysis of Freud and Dora.
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Sigmund Freud Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 5 pages of analysis of Freud and Dora.
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Freud and Dora

Summary: A review of Sigmund Freud's famous case of Dora, in which he tests his theories of dream analysis.
Sigmund Freud's work as a psychologist brought him to an almost unparalleled fame in the psychoanalytic world. Freud can be seen as the predecessor of modern psychology. His views on the unconscious mind were groundbreaking to the 19th century world. He became interested in women's psychoanalysis and the fact that their sexual drive could cause them to become hysterical. During this time the world had believed that humans had control over both the knowledge they retained about themselves and their environment. This was when Freud came up with the idea of the unconscious mind. Through this theory, Freud suggested that individuals do not even know what they are thinking most of the time. In the case of Dora, Freud would conclude that she was sexually attracted to her father, his mistress, and the husband of her father's mistress subconsciously.

In doing this, some people see Freud as a...

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