Sigmund Freud

[lilmswonderland]

What do you think of Sigmund Freud ? Do you think his theories were useful to Psychology? Do you believe any of his theories? If so which ones?

 

[pjbleek]

What do you think of Sigmund Freud ? Do you think his theories were useful to Psychology? Do you believe any of his theories? If so which ones?

that cigar cliche...nah, I don't buy it....sometimes a cigar is just a cigar....righhtttttt

 

[lilmswonderland]

never heard of that one. I was thinking more of the whole unconcious urges bit. Now that's controversy.! lol

 

[pjbleek]

never heard of that one. I was thinking more of the whole unconcious urges bit. Now that's controversy.! lol

Problems with schools and university is that the intro to Psychology doesn't go back to the founding fathers they go back only so far and it is a shame because the earlier teachers are not given enough credit.

 

[lilmswonderland]

Yeah, they do not give many information on anyone but Sigmund and the others after him.

 

[pjbleek]

my major allowed me to take some sociology courses that allowed me to go to conferences and hear how teachers approach the problems with teaching students to think like a sociologist...it was quite interesting

 

[lilmswonderland]

That does sound interesting Can you explain more about it?

 

[BornReady]

I don't have an opinion on Freud because I know so little about him. Someone told me all his theories have been discredited but I don't know if that's true.

 

[Kyle B]

I don't have an opinion on Freud because I know so little about him. Someone told me all his theories have been discredited but I don't know if that's true.

That's what I was taught. His writings don't hold up to scientific scrutiny because A)they're rediculous and B) they only focused on a small segment of the population, rich white women.

 

[lilmswonderland]

I learned in my Psychology class that he got all his theories from his childhood and as my Psych Teacher says. "He thinks with the wrong head"

 

[pjbleek]

he was a cocaine sniffing man who believed in existentialism and the only way he got these thoughts were through the use of of said cocaine....

 

[lilmswonderland]

I have heard of the cocaine, and I know that is a factor I have seen flicks on him, but the flick also said that he had a odd upbringing and it gave him strange theories in the long run ...

 

[pjbleek]

I have heard of the cocaine, and I know that is a factor I have seen flicks on him, but the flick also said that he had a odd upbringing and it gave him strange theories in the long run ...

you know what you should ask your rofessor? if the influence of mind altering drugs did anything to his theorems.

 

[pjbleek]

That does sound interesting Can you explain more about it?

I just saw this! sorry! I can give you more in the coming days as my notes are in need of looking up.

 

[lilmswonderland]

lol yeah It probably did. I will ask her and nah it's cool.

 

[All Else Failed]

Your teacher is wrong.

 

[lilmswonderland]

explain?

 

[All Else Failed]

I get the joke your teacher was trying to get across but his theories about sexuality were probably dead on. People make too big of a deal about how he concentrated on sex.

 

[Panacea]

Freud's theories are groundbreaking but their use in clinical practice has been pretty much whittled down to a basic construct of human anxieties and coping techniques, along with his concepts of the mind, and while it's debatable, parts are undeniable. If you take his unethical conduct (sleeping with clients, Jung was worse of course), sexism, racism, and classism out of the equation (this is not a slight to him, but the time itself) you have some really interesting and honest thoughts about human consciousness and the way our experiences early on shape our reactions in later life.

The psychosexual stages are better explained by Erikson's developmental model, in my opinion. I like the idea of taking the reasonable portions out of the former and adding them to the latter. Erikson's developmental stages are brilliant, in my opinion. Even better built upon by Ivey, breaking up adolescence to fit the changing times.

Freud gave a lot of smart people a nice starting point to create some brilliant theories about psychology and therapy. Unmatched.
The theories as he originally intended them are out dated, and over the top to some degree, but like I said...he really had insight.

He was also pretty fucked up, thus starting the trend of the mental health professionals being made out of whacky people.

 

[Minor Axis]

I learned in my Psychology class that he got all his theories from his childhood and as my Psych Teacher says. "He thinks with the wrong head"

Lol! I guess his theories sounded good at the time.