Freud as a determinist

Answer 1

Freud is a determinist in a number of ways. He considers the mind to have three parts (conscious, preconscious and subconscious) and the personality to have three aspects (id, ego and superego) and this to be true of all humans without fail by virtue of their Biology. He also considers development to happen at set, rigid stages. Should a conflict arise, the person will react with any one of a number of defence mechanisms. Again this is said to happen regardless of will.

His theories, however, are not totally deterministic. He did believe that all such conflicts could be rectified by working with the person, and also considered childhood environment an important factor in deciding adult personality.

Answer 2

Sigmund Freud believed in determinism, which is the idea that all behaviors and mental processes have underlying causes that can be identified. He proposed that our thoughts, emotions, and behaviors are influenced by unconscious drives and early childhood experiences, shaping our personalities and actions. Freud's psychoanalytic theory emphasizes that human behavior is not random but rather determined by a complex interplay of unconscious motivations.