Objective 21
Summarize
Freud's conception of the unconscious.
Explanation:
Freud used free association to explore the unconscious. He told his patient to relax and say whatever came to mind no matter how embarrassing or small. He used it to retrace the line where painful unconscious memories could be retrieved and released. His theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts is called psychoanalysis. He believed the mind was mostly hidden. Our conscious awareness is what we are aware of. Beneath that is our unconscious mind which Freud said was a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Today psychologists say it is information processing of which we are unaware of.
Freud used free association to explore the unconscious. He told his patient to relax and say whatever came to mind no matter how embarrassing or small. He used it to retrace the line where painful unconscious memories could be retrieved and released. His theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts is called psychoanalysis. He believed the mind was mostly hidden. Our conscious awareness is what we are aware of. Beneath that is our unconscious mind which Freud said was a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories. Today psychologists say it is information processing of which we are unaware of.
Example:
This is a good example of how Freud viewed the mind. He said it was like an iceberg, and the mind is mostly hidden. Our conscious awareness is the part of the iceberg that floats above water and is the part that we can see, but our unconscious awareness is the part of the iceberg below the surface that we keep hidden.
This is a good example of how Freud viewed the mind. He said it was like an iceberg, and the mind is mostly hidden. Our conscious awareness is the part of the iceberg that floats above water and is the part that we can see, but our unconscious awareness is the part of the iceberg below the surface that we keep hidden.
Example:
This website, http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/consciousuncon.htm, gives some more information on Freud's three levels of the mind. They are conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. The conscious mind is everything that we are aware of. The preconscious mind is the mind that represents our ordinary memory. Lastly the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories outside of our conscious awareness that are usually unacceptable.
This website, http://psychology.about.com/od/theoriesofpersonality/a/consciousuncon.htm, gives some more information on Freud's three levels of the mind. They are conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. The conscious mind is everything that we are aware of. The preconscious mind is the mind that represents our ordinary memory. Lastly the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories outside of our conscious awareness that are usually unacceptable.