PSYCH 290 Study Guide - Final Guide: Unconscious Mind, Ego Psychology, Phallic Stage
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The part of your mental functioning you can observe when you simply turn your attention inward. Consists of ideas you are not thinking about the the moment but can bring into consciousness easily. Examples: how"s the weather outside, where you left your car parked, what you had for breakfast. Biggest and most important layer, according to freud. Fears, violent motives, unacceptable sexual desires, irrational wishes, immoral urges, sel sh needs, shameful experiences. Includes all of the id, superego, and most of the ego. Buried deep and only way to bring it to the surface is by digging (hypnosis, parapraxes, dream analysis, etc. ) Includes freudian slips of the tongue, accidents, and memory lapses. Manifest content (what the dream appears to be about) Latent content (what the dream is really about) Associations are not random and the person jumps from one thought to another, offering important clues about their unconscious.
