INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY

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What Is Psychoanalitic Theory? Psychoanalysis therapy is to release repressed emotions and experiences, make the unconscious conscious Psychoanalysis is both an approach to therapy and a theory of personality Psychoanalysis is commonly used to treat depression and anxiety disorders People could be cured by making conscious their unconscious thoughts and motivations, thus gaining insight

THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe the three levels of the mind. On the surface is consciousness: EGO Pre-conscious: SUPER-EGO Most significance region is the unconscious: ID

THE UNCONSCIOUS<br />

MIND<br />

Freud used the analogy of an iceberg to describe<br />

the three levels of the mind.<br />

On the surface is consciousness:<br />

EGO<br />

Pre-conscious: SUPER-EGO<br />

Most significance region is the<br />

unconscious: ID

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