Unconscious mind

• what is the iceberg analogy?

  Freud propose mind is like iceberg - what goes on inside mind lies under surface
• what is the conscious mind?

  logical, lies above surface
• what does the conscious mind do?

  holds thoughts we currently aware of - small part in behaviour
• what is the preconscious mind?

  just below surface, not aware of
• what does preconscious mind do?

  contains info we're not currently thinking about, can access if needed
• what is the unconscious mind?

  cannot be directly accessed, below surface
• what does the unconscious mind do?

  expresses itself I directly through dreams, long-forgotten memories of personality-forming experience held here
• what did Freud believe about the unconscious mind?

  contains unresolved conflicts that have powerful effect on behaviour & experiences
• why do unconscious mind thoughts only appear in dreams/fantasies?

  they are so threatening
• how do unconscious things appear in dreams?

  disguised as symbols
• what is the example for unconscious mind?

  ego defence mechanisms
• what creates anxiety according to unconscious mind?

  conflict between ID, EGO, SUPEREGO
• how does the EGO protect itself?

  ego defence mechanisms
• what is an example of these EGO defence mechanisms?

  boy cannot deal with with what he sees at maternal rejection when baby brother born
• how might this boy react to new baby brother?

  regress to earlier developmental stage, soiling clothes & becoming helpless
• what is displacement?

  transferring impulses from one person/object to another
• what is repression?

  pushing painful memories deep down into unconscious mind = effectively forgotten