Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud was a very intelligent man who thought that the world was a wonderful puzzle to be put together. He believed he could make anything unrealistic realistic. No one and nothing could tell Freud that he was wrong about something. He had his own techniques to make people believe he was right. Several psychologists and sociologists believed that Sigmund Freud was an impostor and that he was not a real psychologist. People believe that the way Freud tested his theories was immoral and unscientific. Was Sigmund Freud as extraordinary a psychologist as he believed himself to be or was he really an impostor as other psychologists and sociologists believe? Sigmund Freud was born on May 6, 1856 in Freiberg, northwestern Moravia (Rana 1). When he was younger his parents moved the family to Vienna where he spent most of his life. Ever since Freud was younger he was interested in many things, but because he is Jewish he did not have the opportunity like many other people had to follow all his dreams. Sigmund Freud initially attended school at his parents' home, but a few years later his parents decided to enroll him in the Spurling Gymnasium. Freud was at the top of his class, so he graduated first in his class. Freud attended the University of Vienna for medicine. After studying medicine at the University of Vienna, Freud worked and earned much respect as a doctor. Through his work with the respected French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot, Freud became fascinated with the emotional disorder known as hysteria. Later, Freud and his friend and mentor Dr. Josef Breuer introduced him to the case study of a patient known as Anna O., who was actually a woman named Bertha Pappenheim. His symptoms included a nervous ... middle of paper ... and other authority figures. Obeying these rules leads to feelings of pride, worth, and accomplishment. Consciousness includes information about things that are considered negative by parents and society. These behaviors are often prohibited and lead to negative consequences, punishment, or feelings of guilt and remorse. The Superego acts to refine and civilize our behavior. It functions to suppress all unacceptable impulses of the id and strives to make the ego act according to idealistic standards rather than realistic principles. The superego is present in the conscious, preconscious and unconscious (Cherry 1). According to Kurzweil, "Freud's current detractors take advantage of the fact that psychoanalysts have not discovered the roots of the unconscious as Freud and his disciples had hoped" (Kurzweil 35). . Freud made people believe that he was the one who discovered the unconscious.