The Psychoanalytic School of Thought
Psychoanalysis emphasises the influence of the unconscious mind on behaviour.
Sigmund Freud found this school of thought. He believed that the mind was composed of three elements that interacted to create complex human behaviours:
- Id consists of primal urges.
- Ego is the part of personality that deals with reality.
- Superego is the component that holds all of the ideals and values we internalise from our parents and culture.
Major thinkers include Anna Freud, Carl Jung, and Erik Erickson.
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