Individual differences area - Freud / Gould

Question 1

Freud - What are the two drives Freud theorised?

Answer 1

Eros (Life instinct) - Hunger, Sexual desires and pain

Thanatos (Death instinct) - Violence, aggression

Question 2

Freud - What are the three types of consciousness?

Answer 2

Preconscious - Anything that could be brought into the conscious mind
Conscious mind - Thoughts, memories and feeling’s
Unconscious mind - unaware, pain, pleasure, urges we can’t rationalise.

Question 3

Freud - What are the three components of the personality?

Answer 3

Id - Primitive, biological instinct includes Eros/ Thanatos.
Ego - Decision making component, rational.
Superego - Moral, controls Id, uses guilt and pride to do this, has inviting for who we should be.

Question 4

Freud - What did Freud’s sample consist of?

Answer 4

One boy called little Han’s aged 5.

Question 5

Freud - What research method was used?

Answer 5

Observation/ Field.

Question 6

Freud - What process was used.

Answer 6

Observations by Han’s father where told to Freud who interpreted it using his brand of psychology.