Anna Freud

Running Head: ANNA FREUD Anna Freud Anna Freud Selecting a woman that made significant contributions to the field of psychology between the years 1850 and 1950 is not an easy task as there is more than one woman who made significant contributions to the field of Psychology. Out of those talented women Anna Freud, overshadows her colleagues. Anna can be considered to have a fascinating background, which influenced her later development of unique theoretical perspectives. Her father, Sigmund

Anna Freud once said, “Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.” This quote makes absolute sense. If something is bad creative minds come up with ideas to make it fun or interesting instead of boring and ordinary. This is also proven by the fact that several people are raised in negative situations and yet still lead successful lives. This can also be said about non creative minds. If a person gets everything given to them such as a rich person, they don’t have to

Anna Freud The philosophic contributions to the formal discipline of psychology have primarily been dominated by male visionaries, but many notable women pioneered a role in the history of psychology between 1850 and 1950. Sigmund Freud was not the only Freudian to establish credibility in the field of psychology, as his youngest daughter Anna Freud pursued a career in psychology and made significant historic contributions. Anna’s background, theoretical perspective, and contributions to the

Anna Freud was born on December 3, 1895 in Vienna, Austria. Freud was the sixth and last child of Sigmund Freud and Martha Bernays. She followed the path of her father and contributed to the newly born field of psychoanalysis. Alongside Melanie Klein, she may be considered the founder of Psychoanalytic Child Psychology. Freud appeared to have a very unhappy childhood. She had a very tense and disturbed relationship with her mother. As a baby, her mother didn't really take care of her, she was really

Anna Freud was an Austrian Psychoanalyst who is considered one of the founders of child psychoanalysis. She was born in Vienna, Austria on December 3, 1895 to her mother, Martha Bernays, and her notorious father, Sigmund Freud. As a child, she was quite close to her father and was constantly seeking his attention. She trained to be a teacher and moved to Italy, where she taught at the grammar school that she had attended as a child. While working as a teacher, Anna’s father began psychoanalyzing

on the works and contribution of Anna Freud. She is known for her construction of child psychoanalysis theory and her interpretation of child psychology. Anna Freud (1895-1982) is famous as being involved in the foundation of the child psychoanalytic movement. She was the youngest of Freud’s children and the only one to whose life was devoted to psychoanalysis. Her development of child psychoanalysis has been greatly noted in the history of psychology. Anna Freud kept the basic ideas that her father

Anna Freud, daughter of Sigmund Freud, was one of six siblings actually interested in psychoanalysis. Anna began by studying language and eventually became a teacher. It wasn’t until she attended a meeting with the Vienna Psychoanalytic society that she began to do analytic training. Her background in teaching lead her to the study of child psychology. Although her father focused mainly on adults and how adults influenced children, Anna wanted to use this kind of psychoanalysis to focus on children

(Goodwin, 2005). Freud Sigmund was not only among the Freudian to build credibility in psychology field, this is because Anna Freud-her youngest daughter took career in psychology and made important contributions in the history of psychology. The paper will discuss the background of Anna, her theoretical perspective, and the contributions she made to the field of psychology. Anna’s Background Martha and Sigmund had six children, the youngest was Anna born in December 1895. Anna was a mischievous

Anna Freud was born on December 3, 1895 (in Vienna, Austria). Her father was the famous Sigmund Freud, who discovered and popularized the practice of psychoanalysis, and her mother was Martha Bernays. Martha wasn’t particularly fond of Anna, which gave Anna’s childhood a rather ruff start. The youngest of six children, Anna didn’t get along well with her siblings. It didn’t help that Anna was the family nanny, Josefine’s, favorite. Whenever Anna’s siblings would ask Josefine in the incident of a

Erik Erikson: The History, Development, and Significance of His Work Erik Erikson has had a tremendous life and has left an amazing legacy. He was an influential and pioneering psychologist, psychoanalyst, and author whose development of his psychosocial stages are immeasurable to the study of personalities. Erikson came from a somewhat troubled past, not so much economically, but psychologically. Erikson was born on June 15, 1902 in Frankfurt, Germany to his mother Karla Abrahamsen (Friedman