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Rose Erline Dormee Counseling Theory 9/30/2017 Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler Theories Sigmund Freud and Alfred Adler are two recognized and respected people in Psychology. They both have studied the human mind and their theories varied significantly. Sigmund Freud is conside red the father of psychoanalysis. Freud believe s that much of the human instinct evolves around sex and many problems human suffer are related to some sexually-based conflict. Freud believed that many repressed experiences his patients encounter have something to do with their childhood and these repressed memories are part of s exual issues . O n the other hand , Adler believed that birth order plays a major role in human development and personality. However, he did not criticize or condemn the influence of biology, he simply thought there was mor e than meets the eye when it comes to an individual. As the oldest of three children, Adler's perspective appeal to me more. I agree with his position about oldest child and how they rec eive more attention, spoiled, and always are the center of attention . He believes that the s econd child of only two behaves as if in a race, and often opposite to first child . And the middle child often feels squeezed out . While the youngest child fees like and actually is the baby in the family. Last but not least , the o nly child; the only child does not learn to share or cooperate with other children, learns to deal with adults. Adler's theories are pretty simple and relatable.