Why Do We Still Teach Freud If He Was So Wrong?

Freud is one of the most famous psychologists ever, but a lot of the things he taught are just… well, wrong. So why do we still spend so much time talking about this dude in psychology classes?

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[FabioLeprechaun]

Freud himself pointed out that his work was introductional and will be dismissed when "the sciences of the mind" develop more precise understanding about how its objects works.
But, despite this development, his ideas stuck.
The problem of "I didn't read the Terms and Conditions" is older than we thought.

[jerry]

So that others don’t make the same mistake about sharing their secret attraction to their mother through their work

[BriefBrainSnacks]

If you don't understand the history of your field, you can never learn from the mistakes.

[downsjmmyjones]

My psychology course taught Freud as if he was right. So I was really confused as to why I learned about him if he was actually so wrong.

[InsertShankHere]

1:33 Can we get a shirt of Brit's face saying "Really?"

[NewMessage]

"Sometimes a thumbnail is just a thumbnail."


-Sigmund Fraud

[BriefBrainSnacks]

Studying Freud is a great example of science done right: ask questions about what we know, alter the hypothesis that doesn't stand up to testing, and accept what does.

[curlyprivat]

Surprise!

In Vienna Freud isn't taught -simply because the founder of the faculty of psychology did not like him. xD

[Babarudra]

A lot of early science was wrong and strange by todays understanding. It's always good to have a broad understanding of a subject and how we go there. I'd imagine that in another 100 years, a lot of what we "know" today will be seen as just as wrong.

[Natasha-exlt]

"We are never so vulnerable as when we love, and never so hopelessly unhappy as when we lose the object of our love." - Freud

[SamanthaBurger]

That's dead pan "really?" had me in stitches!

[Jeff]

I thought my unconscious mind was my mind when I was unconscious.

[randomstream]

The problem with Freud is that he was genuinely creative. And creatives have lots of unapologetic nonsensical ideas all the time. But jus like all creatives do, he eventually had his one brilliant idea. That's the price we pay as a society for having creative types. And this won't be the last.

[satsujin]

I want to make a gif with that "really?" lol

[swaglordman]

We only focus on his mistakes and take his good ideas for granted.

[MarkSmithhhh]

Freud should be thanked for what he did despite being wrong...honestly, modern psychology wouldn't be where it is without him..huge influence

[KarkatVantasBitches]

The boring parts of intro psych? I don't remember any part being boring!

[AristotleFullThrottle]

When she says "Really?" I fell out. Pure perfection. 😆

[bxlawless]

The unconscious mind, period. Revolutionary.

[gordonlawrence]

We studied Freud for a different reason. The clinical section of the psychology course (as well as the others) started from the beginnings which in this case was Freud and Yeung. It set up a framework whereby you could figure out the roots of each theory and thereby estimate validity, especially when coupled together with later research etc.