Freudian theory
Id, ego, superego
Freudian theory refers to the psychological framework developed by Sigmund Freud, emphasizing the role of unconscious drives, childhood experiences, and sexuality in shaping human behavior and mental life.
Central concepts include the id, ego, and superego as components of the psyche, along with defense mechanisms like repression and the significance of dreams as windows into unconscious desires.
The term often appears in discussions of psychoanalysis or when explaining behavior through the lens of hidden motivations: Her interpretation relies heavily on Freudian theory.
- psychoanalysisTreatment via unconscious exploration
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
ego · oral stage · reaction formation · defense mechanisms · ego defense · denial · Oedipus complex · superego · anal stage · pleasure principle · fixation · free association · talking cure · displacement · libido · intellectualization · dream interpretation · wish fulfillment
- psychologypsychology, psychologist, therapist, psychiatrist, clinical psychology
- psychoanalysisid, ego, unconscious, superego, repression
- modern thoughtexistentialism, phenomenology, structuralism, postmodernism, pragmatism
- psyche and cultureunconscious, collective unconscious, archetypes, symbols, ego
- personalitypersonality, trait, temperament, traits, character
- sexualitysexual orientation, sexual behavior, erotica, sexual identity, bisexual
Freudian theorybehaviorism
Psychology studying observable conduct
behavioral psychology · behavioral conditioning · operant conditioning · classical conditioning · neuroscience