Absolutely Anne, nowadays psychology is a lot more empirical. It uses quantitative methods to try and answer questions related to the human mind and behaviour. It's great you're learning about falsifiability it'll come in useful in understanding many 'suspect' fields of inquiry.
In science a key element is that of falsifiability - a scientific theory has to be able to be proven false even hypothetically. A theory that explains everything explains nothing. See Popper for further info.
Many of the issues surrounding Freud was that his theories often evaded being tested under these conditions. In a sense, they could never be 'wrong' because it's a bit like a biased coin toss heads I win, tails you lose.
However with this said Frued was heavily influential even on the language we use like - Freudian slip. I actually prefer Anna Freud who though like her father was a 'believer' in psychoanalysis helped children by opening institutions that helped move child psychology along whilst taking care of the hygiene and mental health of children at the time.
I think Anna Freud is a vastly underappreciated member of the Freud family.
We were just learning about falsifiability in school! Our teacher said that therapists tend to use a more contemporary form of psychodynamics now that is empirically based.
Most of Freud theories are wrong. In academic his work used as reference not as source. But he is still relevant because his work made an impact on human mind and his work were groundbreaking at that time. He paved the way for coming generations in the field of psychology.
Even though Freud is one of the most recognized psychoanalysts, his theories are relevant but only as reference points. I believe psychiatrists and psychotherapists only use his developmental theories as implications rather than facts.
i dont think Freud theories are relevant in today's world but yes we can use these theories in answering and understanding many questions
Freud is a building block and primarily relevant when thinking about the history and development of the field, not in current practice.
Absolutely Anne, nowadays psychology is a lot more empirical. It uses quantitative methods to try and answer questions related to the human mind and behaviour. It's great you're learning about falsifiability it'll come in useful in understanding many 'suspect' fields of inquiry.
In science a key element is that of falsifiability - a scientific theory has to be able to be proven false even hypothetically. A theory that explains everything explains nothing. See Popper for further info.
Many of the issues surrounding Freud was that his theories often evaded being tested under these conditions. In a sense, they could never be 'wrong' because it's a bit like a biased coin toss heads I win, tails you lose.
However with this said Frued was heavily influential even on the language we use like - Freudian slip. I actually prefer Anna Freud who though like her father was a 'believer' in psychoanalysis helped children by opening institutions that helped move child psychology along whilst taking care of the hygiene and mental health of children at the time.
I think Anna Freud is a vastly underappreciated member of the Freud family.
Most of Freud theories are wrong. In academic his work used as reference not as source. But he is still relevant because his work made an impact on human mind and his work were groundbreaking at that time. He paved the way for coming generations in the field of psychology.
Even though Freud is one of the most recognized psychoanalysts, his theories are relevant but only as reference points. I believe psychiatrists and psychotherapists only use his developmental theories as implications rather than facts.