Sigmund Freud

Psychoanalytic
Theory
SIGMUND FREUD
• Developed the best known theory of personality focused
upon internal growth or psychodynamics
• A theory of The structure of personality, in which id, ego
and superego are the principal parts
• A theory of personality dynamics, in which conscious and
unconscious motivation and ego-defense mechanisms
play a major role.
• A theory of psychosexual development, in which different
motives and body regions influence the child at different
stages of growth, with effects of persisting in the form of
adult personality traits.