Sigmund Freud And Beauty Essay

Sigmund Freud, an Austrian neurologist is known as the founding father of psychoanalysis (Rana, 1997). Freud established new methods for understanding human behavior, and his theories have become one of the most referred to in history. Though there are many criticisms about Freud and his personality theories, his works have developed into one of the most widespread theories of personality. As a child, Freud was only offered a few choices in careers because there was not much available due to his Jewish culture (Rana). For this reason, Freud studied medicine with a focus on neurology. After receiving a scholarship to study in Paris, Freud eventually opened his first office in Vienna. Here, Freud practiced hypnosis (Dare, Dreher, Holder,

Beauty was born on September 12. Her modest interest in horoscopes led her to wonder if horoscopes were truly a means of determining personality characteristics, or if it was just another form of the Barnum Effect. According to her zodiac horoscope, Virgo, Beauty is supposed to be very shy, critical, discriminating and high maintenance; perfection is almost, but not good enough. On the other hand, according to the famous Sigmund Freud, Beauty’s strive for perfection had no relation to the fact that her element was Earth and her key planet was Mercury, but instead, he would refer back to the toilet training years of her life and say that Beauty was anal retentive, which lead her to become very neat and

At this point in Beauty’s development, she has now somehow resolved all of Freud’s psychosexual stages, while living with the results of those stages she became slightly fixated at. The Genital stage begins at puberty and continues through the rest of Beauty’s life. Fortunate for Beauty, she is only nineteen years old, so there is still much more she has to experience. In the previous stages, the focus was on individual needs, which involved seeking immediate pleasure and gratitude for oneself, whereas now, the focus is in the well being of others. Beauty has now developed into a young adult who not only focuses on her own happiness, but she also takes into consideration the happiness of those that are important to her. The goal of the Genital stage is create a balance within the different aspects of life. Being a full time college student with a part time job and engaging in extracurricular activities on campus, Beauty is developing a sense of balance and is expanding in her reign of independence.

Works Cited

Dare, C., Dreher, U. A., Holder, A., Sandler, J., (1997). The development of Freud’s theory. FREUD’S MODELS OF THE MIND An Introduction (18-26). London: Foreword Copyright.

Garcia, J. L. (1995). Freud’s psychosexual stage conception: A developmental metaphor for counselors. Journal of Counseling & Development, 73(5), 498-502. http://0search.ebscohost.com.helin.uri.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=psyh&AN=1996-02171-001&site=ehost-live