Sigmund Freud is commonly known as the father of psychoanalysis. His theory on personality is well known throughout contemporary society. Even people who don’t fully understand what the “id”, “ego” and “superego” mean are familiar with the terms. Laspley & Stey go so far as to assert:
Psychoanalysis is one of those rare intellectual achievements that had the effect of radically transforming human self-understanding. Indeed, Freudian notions have so thoroughly permeated human culture that the jargon (if not the substance) of psychoanalysis is accessible to even the most untutored observers of human behavior, so much so that poet W.H.
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