1.2.1 The Unconcious Mind (PD)

Question 1

What does this assumption say?

Answer 1

Behaviour is influenced by the unconscious mind

Question 2

What analogy is used to explain the unconscious mind?

Answer 2

The mind is like an iceburg where much of what goes on lies below the surface

Question 3

What are the 3 parts to the iceberg analogy?

Answer 3

The conscious mind The precocious boundary The unconscious mind

Question 4

What does the conscious mind contain?

Answer 4

Information you are currently aware of

Question 5

What forms between the conscious and the unconscious mind?

Answer 5

The preconscious boundary

Question 6

What does the unconscious mind do?

Answer 6

Drives our behaviour

Question 7

What is the unconscious mind?

Answer 7

Inaccessible Unknown

Question 8

What might the unconscious mind contain?

Answer 8

Traumatic memories Desires Fears

Question 9

What did Freud believe we are motivated by?

Answer 9

Unconscious emotional drives and conflicts

Question 10

What are the conflicting drives in the unconscious mind that affect our behaviour?

Answer 10

Eros and Thanatos

Question 11

Describe Eros

Answer 11

• Libido
• Seeks to preserve and create life
• Aims to achieve health and safety as well as sexual reproduction for preservation of the species

Question 12

Describe Thanatos

Answer 12

• Death drive/instinct
• Drives a person towards death and inanimate state
• Associated with negative emotions like hate and anger
• These behaviours lead to antisocial acts like bullying and murder

Question 13

What did Freud quote about the thanatos desire

Answer 13

‘The aim of all life is death …. innanimate things existed before living ones’

Question 14

If someone was showing self destructive behaviour what would Freud say it was he result of?

Answer 14

Conflict in the unconscious mind

Question 15

What is the only way to resolve behaviours according the Freud?

Answer 15

To bring the content of the unconscious mind to the conscious mind to resolve the conflict

Question 16

What is the unconscious mind related to?

Answer 16

Ego defence mechanisms

Question 17

When and why does the ego use ego defence mechanisms?

Answer 17

When conflict arises between the id and superego in order to protect itself

Question 18

State 4 types of ego defence mechanisms:

Answer 18

Repression Displacement Regression Denial

Question 19

What is repression?

Answer 19

Unconsciously locking away traumatic or disturbing memories, thoughts and desires to prevent us consciously thinking about them

Question 20

What could use of repression lead to, give an example:

Answer 20

• self destructive behaviours - e.g someone repressing memories of abuse might unconsciously want to punish themselves or make themselves look less attractive so they demonstrate self destructive behaviour

Question 21

What is displacement?

Answer 21

Unconsciously taking out your feelings about a particular person or situation onto a innocent substitute object

Question 22

What could the use of displacement lead to, give an example?

Answer 22

• aggressive behaviour - e.g. Taking out your frustrations about your boss on your cat when you get home

Question 23

What is regression?

Answer 23

Unconsciously moving back in psychological time when faced with stress (e.g. Behaving in a way you would associate with a much younger age)

Question 24

What is denial?

Answer 24

Refusing to acknowledge the reality of a situation

Question 25

What condition linked to abnormally high levels of dopamine could be explained by denial?

Answer 25

Addiction