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Originally Posted by Fleur du Mal
Oh come on! Freud's theories can be summed in by sex and death! I still can't believe that he came up with an entire theory on child development after only studying one child! Although I do like his sneaky way of covering himself: "Whatever do you mean Mr Freud, I can assure you I never wanted to sleep with my mum when I was a child" "Ah, but you blocked it out of your mind so you can't rememebr it ..." So basically the theory can never be disproved. Clever man, that Sigmund!
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Wow - I never got told that at College. Where did you read or hear about that? Do you have any comments on the theory of Gestalt as per Perls? I had to read a 'marvelous' book by Peerls on the subject and was less than impresed with some of the experiments suggested.
I had a simlar feeling about Abraham Maslowe and his theories on the Hierarchy of Needs and Self Actulization - his research only covered a small selection of people, some of them being famous historical figures that were dead. Just like Freud and Perls, his theory has been challenged by others.