Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Freud
In chapter 11, Freud was the one who caught my attention the most. He was interesting to read about. I liked how he linked dreams to unconscious desires we have, because looking back on ones own dreams, you can see that this, in some cases, is true. I was attracted to the different make up of ones personality. For example the id, ego, and superego working together. I liked how he described the ego as a second thought of what is considered normal in society because i think that actually does shape ones decisions to do certain things. Seeing how people had broken off from his ideas for being "too radical" is also interesting. You can see many similarities between his ideas and Adler and Jungs beliefs.
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I also found Freud's theory of personality to be quite interesting. It is easy to see how the ego, superego and the id come into play in everyday life. The id follows the pleasure principle which is not necessarily what is good for you but what you want. The ego follows the reality principle which is the reality principle; what is best for you realistically. Lastly, the superego is a person's morals. When analyzing my decisions I can easily group them into one of these categories.
ReplyDeleteI find Freud's theory interesting as well, but I do see valid reasons for why his theories were thought of as too "radical." I don't see how sexual stages can shape who a person develops into as an adult, and I disagree that our decisions are usually influenced by anger or sexual impulses. I do, however, see validity in his views of the ego, superego, and the id.
ReplyDeleteI also found Freud to be extremely intersting, but I did not necessarily like him. His theories seemed to be far fetched and I feel like he just made connections where they fit. For example his reasoning that babies go through an "oral" stage, makes sense but has nothing to do with sexual urges.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you 100% Ashley, I do not think that sexual urges have anything to do with childhood or the development of children into adults. I also agree with your statement that desisions are influenced by anger and sex. Based off myself and those around me I can conclude that we are mostly influenced by good, happiness and love. Freud makes some good points but I feel that his theories are as you said much to radical.
ReplyDeleteI agree with both of you completely, and I actually remember when learning about Freud's Psychosexual stages last year in high school, I literally laughed out loud. Not because it was unbelievable, but because it was just strange to connect babies and toddler's behaviors to their sexual urges. There are some concepts in these stages that do make complete sense to me, for example the Oedipus complex, but really I'm not a firm believer of this theory either.
ReplyDeleteI also agree. However interesting Freud is his theories are extremely far fetched. It seems that it is a stretch to relate pretty much everything to sexual urges. Freud is also not a very reliable person as he wrote a book regarding how good cocaine is for a human. This may have caused alot of problems for some people.
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