Sigmund Freud: Psychoanalytic Theory of Personality

Question 1

3 Dimensions of Freudd’s Theories

Answer 1

1. Levels of Consciousness 2. Structure of personality 3. Psychosexual Stages of Child Development

Question 2

How many levels of consciousness are there?

Answer 2

1. Conscious 2. Preconscious 3. Unconscious

Question 3

Conscious

Answer 3

Definition: Mental activities of which we are FULLY AWARE

Question 4

Preconscious

Answer 4

Definition: feelings, thoughts, and ideas of which we are UNAWARE but can bring to awareness relatively easily.

Question 5

Unconscious

Answer 5

Definition: Feelings, thoughts, and memories which we are UNAWARE -Ideas and experiences exert and influence on individual’s behavior -majority of human behavior derives from this -allowed Freud to explain many disorders -Experiences/ideas that create distress in an individual are pushed out of consciousness into the unconscious and causing psychological or physical dysfunction. TREATMENT: bring experiences and thoughts into the conscious and talk to through the problem. METHODS: Free Association & dream interpretation.

Question 6

Unconscious Treatment: Free Association

Answer 6

Giving patient the freedom to express themselves w/o interruption

Question 7

Unconscious Treatment: Dream Interpretation

Answer 7

Bringing forth dreams to uncover the nature of and source of his or her troubles