Introduction
This essay will compare and contrast two theorists who were considered to be the founding fathers of their area of psychology . Sigmund Freud who was the founder of psychoanalysis and Carl Rogers who founded the humanistic approach.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a physician who specialized in neurology and eventually devoted his life to the treatment of mental disorders using a procedure he developed called psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis states that all behaviour is driven from the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences, this approach brings up emotions from the hidden mind for analysis.
(Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a Humanistic psychologist. Humanistic psychology is based on an optimistic view of human nature .He …show more content…
Having a look into both their theories you will find some similarities, such as:
Both Freud and Rogers talk about driving forces, such as Freud's ego and Rogers's self-actualisation.
Like Freud, Rogers developed his theory and ideas through emotionally troubled people.
Both psychologists theorized that people have a ‘hidden' personality within them, one which they are not aware of.
Rogers does not analyse a patient's history, whereas Freud believed that the unconscious and early childhood experience were a driving force to a person’s behaviour.
Rogers rejected the psychoanalysis theory and argued that we behave as we do because of the way we see our situation. "He stated that we are the best experts of ourselves.”
Rogers's believed that it was not only humans that self-actualised but so do all living things such as animals and his potato theory. Freud only spoke about and looked at human beings.
Rogers treated a person as a whole, whereas Freud believed we exist in three parts, such as the super ego, ego and id.
Rogers also believed the idea of self is mainly conscious (unlike Freud who believed we are mainly controlled by unconscious
This essay will compare and contrast two theorists who were considered to be the founding fathers of their area of psychology . Sigmund Freud who was the founder of psychoanalysis and Carl Rogers who founded the humanistic approach.
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was a physician who specialized in neurology and eventually devoted his life to the treatment of mental disorders using a procedure he developed called psychoanalysis. Psychoanalysis states that all behaviour is driven from the unconscious mind and early childhood experiences, this approach brings up emotions from the hidden mind for analysis.
(Carl Rogers (1902-1987) was a Humanistic psychologist. Humanistic psychology is based on an optimistic view of human nature .He …show more content…
Having a look into both their theories you will find some similarities, such as:
Both Freud and Rogers talk about driving forces, such as Freud's ego and Rogers's self-actualisation.
Like Freud, Rogers developed his theory and ideas through emotionally troubled people.
Both psychologists theorized that people have a ‘hidden' personality within them, one which they are not aware of.
Rogers does not analyse a patient's history, whereas Freud believed that the unconscious and early childhood experience were a driving force to a person’s behaviour.
Rogers rejected the psychoanalysis theory and argued that we behave as we do because of the way we see our situation. "He stated that we are the best experts of ourselves.”
Rogers's believed that it was not only humans that self-actualised but so do all living things such as animals and his potato theory. Freud only spoke about and looked at human beings.
Rogers treated a person as a whole, whereas Freud believed we exist in three parts, such as the super ego, ego and id.
Rogers also believed the idea of self is mainly conscious (unlike Freud who believed we are mainly controlled by unconscious