Sigmund Freud was born May 8, 1856. His mother was 21 years old at the time of his birth and his father 41. He had two older half-siblings, and six younger siblings. As a child growing up, he was a very bright and intelligent boy. This carried out throughout all of his childhood and as a young adult he enrolled in medical school. He married Martha Bernays, and had six children with her. He lived until September 23, 1939, when he died due to cancer of the mouth which was caused by his excessive smoking.
Sigmund Freud was a very well known psychologist for his very controversial ideas in psychology. He was very open with concepts he believed were true with psychology. For example, the Oedipus Complex, which is an idea that when you are born you loathe your same gender parent and want to kill them so you can have your opposite gender parent to yourself. Another well known theory of his is the 3 parts of your mind, the id, ego and superego. This theory claims that the id is what you are born with, your survival instincts. It is based off of the pleasure principle and instant gratification for the needs the id is showing. The next part of your mind that develops is the ego, which takes things in a more realistic way. For example, if you are hungry, the id tells you to scream for food, and the ego balances that with a rational thought such as asking for the food. The superego is the final part of the mind to develop. This particular part of the mind is the part that applies society's normalities to your actions.
