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Freudian View of Personality Vs. Depression

Sigmund Freud is among the world's best-known psychologists and scientists. Freud is known for his views on many psychological issues, including personality and depression.

  1. History of Freud

    • Freud was born in 1856 and died in 1939. He was born in Freiberg in Moravia and grew to be the world's most renowned psychologist.

    Personality

    • Freud believed the personality was made of three parts. These parts were the ego, the superego and the id, and they made up all of a person's personality traits.

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    • The id is made up of a person's instincts. The ego according to Freud is that which uses reasoning to make decisions. The superego is the "moral compass" of the personality, which determines whether a decision or instinct is right or wrong.

    Depression

    • Freud's view on depression is complex. Stated simply, it is that everyone, because of his or her childhood, has sadness and the potential to become depressed.

    Controversy

    • Freud's views on both depression and personality are controversial among modern psychologists because studies and advances in biology have led to discoveries that conflict with his first findings. For example, depression has been shown to have a biochemical component.

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