Sigmund Freud: A Psychlogica Genious?

Ida Levy
PSYC 106-07
April 6, 2001
“A” Paper- Critical Thinking and Analysis
Sigmund Freud: A Psychological Genius ?
On May 6, 1856, Sigmund Freud, physician, neurologist and psychologist, was born in what is now known as the Czech Republic (Sigmund 1). As many Jewish families at that time, the Freuds were forced to move to Leipzig because of the anti-Semitic prosecution (1). Resettling once again in Vienna, Sigmund Freud attended Vienna University and remained in Vienna until the last year of his life (1). In 1938 the Nazis annexed Austria, and Freud, who was Jewish, escaped for England, where he died less than a year later (2).
Much of what Freud has taught the psychological world has helped with the treatment of patients. Freud found that patients would open up to him more if they were in a comfortable position (on a couch) and so was developed the generalization of psychiatrists and comfortable couches (A 1). When the patient was at ease, they were encouraged to spe...