Freud's ideas challenged the belief in progress by highlighting the influence of irrational and unconscious forces in shaping human behavior. He emphasized the importance of the unconscious mind and the role of childhood experiences in shaping adult personality. He did not believe in the immutable rationality of human personality, but instead argued that human behavior is often guided by irrational and uncontrollable forces.

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Sigmund Freud

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Sigmund Freud

A) based his ideas on a firm belief in the immutable rationality of human personality.
B) challenged the nineteenth century belief in progress with his stress on irrational and unconscious forces operating within a man life.
C) advanced the ideas of the id, the wunderkind and the quanta to explain human behavior.
D) was the leading European proponent of Social Darwinism.
E) coauthored Die Volk with Houston Stewart Chamberlain.

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