Sigmund Freud (Psychologist)

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a method for treating mental illness and understanding human behavior. He proposed that our thoughts and actions are influenced by unconscious desires and early childhood experiences. Freud introduced key concepts like the id, ego, and superego, which represent different parts of our psyche and how they interact. He also emphasized the importance of dreams and talked about mechanisms like repression. Freud's ideas greatly influenced psychology, art, literature, and popular culture, but many of his theories are debated and evolved over time.