Sigmund Freud's Theory

Sigmund Freud once said, “The voice of the intellect is a soft one, but it does not rest until it has gained a hearing.” Sigmund was such an influential character in the psychology world that people would say, “If Freud said it, then it must be true” (Sigmund). Freud was the first psychologist to fully understand and share his explanation about human behavior and the theory’s that went along with it. His theory was so inspiring that other psychologists consider his work sacred. Where did this amazing man come from? And how did he change the minds of psychological world? On May 6, 1856 Sigmund was born in Freiberg, Moravia. His parents were twenty years apart and his mother gave birth to him when she was twenty-one years old. Freud was one

Freud believed that the key to helping the neurotic was though a slip of the tongue or pen. When one is unconscious or asleep there is nothing to hold them back. When hypnosis is involved they can control the thoughts that are put into a persons head. He claims there are three levels to the mind: the conscious mind, the preconscious mind, and the unconscious mind. The conscious mind is everything that one is aware of and also includes the memory. The preconscious mind is the ordinary memory; it allows one to take memories in and out of consciousness. The unconscious mind is the feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are out of reach to the conscious awareness. Freud compares the three levels of the mind to an iceberg. The tip of the iceberg is the conscious mind, the submerged but visible is the preconscious, and the unseen bottom of the iceberg is the unconscious mind. When exposing the “bottom” of the iceberg, the underline cause can be revealed and appropriate help is easier to give

Freud had a bad habit of pushing away people that did not have the same views and beliefs on psychology as he did. Later Freud relocated to England before World War II because it was become a dangerous place for the Jewish people. He was diagnosed with mouth and jaw cancer twenty years prior to his death, and it eventually took his life in 1939 (Personality). In the novel A Brave New World written by Aldous Huxley, Freud is a Godly figure to society. The orthodox society revolves around two gods, Ford and Freud. He is considered a god because all of the people in the society are being conditioned to learn specific behaviors based on Freud’s theories. Each behavior teaches them to like or dislike a particular activity or object. They are taught to worship Freud so that they continue to believe there is nothing wrong with their society.

“We condition the masses to hate the country, but simultaneously we condition them to love all country sports. At the same time, we see to it that all country sports shall entail the use of elaborate apparatus. So that they consume manufactured articles as well as transport. Hence those electric shocks.” said the director to the student (Huxley