Reflection 9

I believe that Freud is pretty accurate in his Theory of Personality. Its easy for someone to say, however, that humans are driven by more than sex and aggression but when you think about it, that's all there really is. First you have to look at sex as more than sex. An example from the article was obtaining a college education. Most people like to say they're going to college because they want to further their education and learn more and be better prepared for the job market. But people are really going to school so they can make more money, when you make more money, you'll feel confident in yourself and your accomplishments, therefore making yourself more attractive to a potential mate. After you find your mate, you're most likely going to have sex with them, be it for pleasure or reproductive purposes. Neither of which is bad; we all know that sex releases endorphins that make us happy and sex for reproduction is great because we want to human race to continue. If you do reproduce with your mate and have children, its important that you protect those kids. That's where the aggression comes in. When we say aggression we aren't necessarily talking about raw violence but instead protection from things that can harm us. It may sound very caveman like and while we don't have dinosaurs chasing us, we still have our modern day terrors that can harm us, from drug abuse to getting involved with the wrong people to getting hit by a bus. So while animals have pheromones and fancy feathers to attract their mates, we humans have nice cars and high paying careers with excellent benefits.

I think of Freud as a pretty smart guy. Although I don't agree with every single thing he said I would think that most people can agree with the fact that he was probably very relevant for his time. We have to remember that things were very different when all of Freud's studies were being conducted and his theories were being published. So of course you're going to see some racism, sexism, chauvinism, and countless other ism's; but its important to look past that to find some sort of truth, just like we do with our students.