Freudianism

Freudianism is a psychoanalytic approach derived from the influence of Sigmund Freud, who is considered to be the founder of the psychodynamic approach to psychology, which looks to unconscious drives to explain human behavior.

Beliefs
Freudianism believes that the mind is responsible for both conscious and unconscious decisions that it makes on the basis of psychological drives. The id, ego, and super-ego are three aspects of the mind believed to comprise a person's personality.

Religion
Freud's psychoanalytic perspective viewed religion as the unconscious mind's need for wish fulfillment. Because people need to feel secure and absolve themselves of their own guilt, Freud believed that they choose to believe in God, who represents a powerful father-figure.