Sigmund Freud Level of Awareness

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An Austrian psychiatrist and the founder of psychoanalysis

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

Question 2

He also stressed that early childhood experiences are important in the development of personality.

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Sigmund Freud (1856-1939)

Question 3

4 major components of personality development

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 Levels of awareness
 Personality structure
 Concept of anxiety and defense mechanism
 Psychosexual stages of development

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Levels of awareness

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Concious
Subconscious/Pre conscious
Unconscious

Question 5

Part of the mind which functions when the person is awake and that makes a person a thinking being.

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Concious

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Focus on the here and now

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Concious

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Past experiences are recalled without exerting effort.

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Concious

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Corresponds to the ‘ego’ or ‘self’

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Concious

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It is logical and regulated by the reality principle.

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Concious

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Part of the mind in which ideas and reactions are stored and partially forgotten

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Preconscious

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Acts as a watchman, it prevents unacceptable, disturbing unconscious memories from reaching the conscious mind

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Preconscious

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Thoughts and experiences can be recalled at will.

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Preconscious

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This is manifested during “tip of the tongue” experience.

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Preconscious

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Largest part of the mind which exerts greatest influence in one’s personality. It is the storehouse for all experiences, memories and feelings experienced by the individual in his entire life.

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Unconscious

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the memories cannot be recalled at will only through hypnotism, psychoanalysis or drugs (hallucinogens)

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Unconscious

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The unconscious part of the mind can be expressed as: dreams, slips of the tongue (Freudian slip), unexplained behavior, jokes, lapses of memories

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Unconscious