Freudians

Id-ego-superego adherents

Freudians are followers or adherents of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalytic theories—those who interpret human behavior through concepts like the unconscious, repression, and the Oedipus complex.

The term can describe practicing psychoanalysts in the Freudian tradition or anyone who applies Freudian interpretation: The Freudians in the English department read every text through the lens of sexuality and childhood trauma.

Often used with slight skepticism by those outside the tradition.

psyche

unconscious

Not awake or aware

  • idUnconscious instinctual drives
  • egoOne's self-image
  • superegoMind's moral overseer

libido · eros · defense mechanisms · repression · projection · denial · rationalization · displacement · sublimation · reaction formation

theory

psychoanalysis

Treatment via unconscious exploration

anal stage · castration anxiety · penis envy · dream interpretation · free association · transference · countertransference · fixation · pleasure principle · primal scene

figures

Melanie Klein

Categories
Opposites
psychological school/theoretical orientation

Freudiansbehaviorists

Scientists studying observable conduct

neuroscientists · neuropsychologists · empiricists · materialists

view of human nature and motivation

Freudianshumanists

Advocates for human reason

existentialists · rationalists · stoics · pragmatists

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