parts of the mind

• The unconscious

  The part of the mind that we are unaware of but which directs much of our behaviour
• What does the unconscious mind contain?

  • Impulses
  • Desires
  • Repressed memories
• preconscious

  thoughts that are not immediately accessible but can be brought into conscious awareness
• what are the 3 parts of the mind according to Freud?

  • conscious
  • preconscious
  • unconscious
• what is the conscious mind?

  thoughts and feelings we are aware of