Overall, little is known of Freud's early life, as he destroyed his personal papers at least twice, once in 1885 and again in 1907. He went on to attend the University of Vienna at 17, in 1873вЂ“ 1881. Sigmund was ranked first in his class in six of eight years of schooling. His family had limited finances and lived in a crowded apartment, but his parents made every effort to foster his intellect (often favoring Sigmund over his siblings), which was apparent from an early age. In 1877, at the age of 21, he abbreviated his given name to 'Sigmund.' Although he was the first-born of three brothers and five sisters among his mother's children, Sigmund had older half-brothers from his father's previous marriage. Sigismund Schlomo Freud was born into an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Freiberg (PЕ™Гbor), Moravia, in the Austrian Empire (now belonging to the Czech Republic). 7.3 Books about Freud and psychoanalysis.He is commonly referred to as 'the father of psychoanalysis' and his work pioneered many of the themes that are currently taken for granted as fundamental components of contemporary psychological research. Neuroses can be treated through bringing the unconscious wishes and repressed memories to consciousness in psychoanalytic treatment.Unconscious conflicts are the source of neuroses.Unconscious conflicts over repressed wishes have a tendency to manifest themselves in dreams, parapraxes (' Freudian slips'), and symptoms.The psychic apparatus habitually represses wishes, usually of a sexual or aggressive nature, whereby they become preserved in one or more unconscious systems of ideas.Human development is best understood in terms of changing objects of sexual desire.The theories distinctive of this school generally include the following hypotheses: Sigmund Freud (вЂ“ September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology.

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