Who among the following developed psychoanalysis in the early 1900s?
A) Anton Mesmer
B) Josef Breuer
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Emil Kraepelin

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Sigmund Freud is credited with developing psychoanalysis in the early 1900s. Anton Mesmer developed the theory of animal magnetism, which later influenced hypnosis, but he did not develop psychoanalysis. Josef Breuer was a colleague of Freud's, but while he made contributions to the development of psychoanalytic theory, he did not develop it on his own. Emil Kraepelin was a German psychiatrist who classified various mental disorders, but he did not develop psychoanalysis.

Who Among the Following Developed Psychoanalysis in the Early 1900s