Unconscious expressed in
dreams & “slips of the tongue”
Psychoanalytic Theories Propose the idea of
the Unconscious and Subconscious
Thoughts,
memories and desires exist below conscious awareness and exert an influence on behavior.
Attempt
to explain personality, mental
disorders, motivation, and behavior
in terms of unconscious
Early developmental crises must be solved, and related needs met in order to develop normally; psychosocial theory brought the social to psychoanalytic theory
Psychoanalysis; id, ego, superego; human nature bad
Unconscious
determinants of behavior:
contents in the depth of the psyche
must be integrated with the conscious
mind to produce a healthy human
personality.
Arranged by Gordon Vessels,
Ed.D. 2004