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35 Things Most People Don’t Know About Sigmund Freud

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25. The Legacy of Psychoanalysis is Psychodynamic Theories

Modern personality theories developed from psychoanalysis. Anne Hoffman/ Fordham University.

Freud got a lot of things wrong, but he laid the groundwork for many later theories of human behavior. Psychodynamic approaches explain human personality and behavior mostly regarding invisible factors, such as unconscious beliefs and desires. They underlie modern therapy techniques, such as cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavioral therapy.

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