35 Things Most People Don’t Know About Sigmund Freud

35 Things Most People Don’t Know About Sigmund Freud

Trista - March 23, 2019

35 Things Most People Don’t Know About Sigmund Freud
Freud posing for a sculpture. novosib-room.ru.

19. Freud Got Human Personality Wrong

Modern psychology has long since disproved the notion of the id, the ego, and the superego. Things like infant sexuality (which coincides with the development of the id) have no place in modern theories of human personality. Though we are socialized to conform to certain norms and standards of behaviors (Freud’s idea of the ego), we now know that children are born with natural personalities that are primarily unchangeable.

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