Why was sigmund freud trained as a medical doctor and not a psychologist?

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Shelby Pacheco

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22 September, 06:53

Why was sigmund freud trained as a medical doctor and not a psychologist?

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Henry Clark · Answer 1

he was trained as a neurologist because at the time there existed no degree for psychology.

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Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist born on May 6, 1939 in Czechia. His main field of study was psychology, mainly focusing and founding psychoanalysis. This being the case he was trained as a neurologist because at the time there existed no degree for psychology. Psychology began as a field of experimental study in 1879 when Wilhelm Wundt created the first laboratory to study psychology.