Role of the unconscious

• What does Freud suggest the mind is made up of?


  conscious, pre-conscious and unconscious mind
• What is the conscious mind?


  What we are aware of
• What is the pre-conscious mind?


  Thoughts we may become aware of through dreams and 'slips of the tongue'
• What is the unconscious mind?


  A vast storehouse of biological drives and instincts that influence our behaviour
• What does Freud suggest about the unconscious mind?


  That is has an important influence on behaviour