Psychoanalytic Theory Unconscious - contains all feelings, urges or

instincts that are beyond our awareness but

Sigmund Freud
affect our expression, feeling, and action (slip of
- Australian Neurologist the tongue.)
- The founding Father of psychoanalysis CONSCIOUS STATE
(a method of treating mental illness and
also a theory that explains human - IMMEDIATE AWARENESS OF
behavior) THINGS
- THINGS THAT WE CAN BRING
Psychopathology – symptoms that are
BASED ON OUR AWARENESS
psychological in nature.
EX. LIKE LISTENING/THOUGHTS
Emphasizes the mental processes. And How
UNCONSCIOUS affects our present life or
present behavior.
PRECONSCIOUS STATE
- LACK OF ATTENTION
- EXPERIENCES
- NOT LOVED BY THE FAMILY
- MEMORIES
- TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCES
- THOUGHTS
The case of Anna O. - TRIGGERED
- IT HOLDS INFORMATIONS THAT
Real Name: Bertha Pappenheim
IS JUST BELOW THE SURFACE OF
Hysteria – is a condition often used to describe AWARENESS
emotionally charged behavior that seems
EX. WHAT ARE YOUR MOST
excessive and out of control- Josef Breuer
EMBARRASSING MOMENTS IN LIFE
- SESSIONS
UNCONSCIOUS STATE
- TALKING CURE
- ANA- TALK THERAPY - EXPERIENCES
- MEMORIES
“Studies on Hysteria.”
- THOUGHTS
(1895), a book was co-written by Breuer and - THINGS THAT ARE NOT READILY
Freud. SHARED.
- THINGS THAT WE PUSH TO OUR
SHAPING THE HUMAN BEHAVIOR OR CONSCIOUSNESS
PERSONALITY
“slip of tongue”
LEVEL OF MENTAL LIFE
The Freudian Slip”
Conscious- the only level of mental life that are
directly available to us. The awareness of our
own mental process (thoughts/feelings.)
Preconscious- facts stored in the brain, which
are not conscious but are available for possible
use in the future. (a person will never think of
her home address at that moment but when her
friend asks for it, she can easily recall it)
 3 Types of Anxiety
STRUCTURE OF PERSONALITY Reality anxiety
It consists of 3 parts:  most basic form of the three anxieties
 Based in EGO
1. Id
 Based in real and possible events
- unconscious
- Pleasure principle  Ex. Kapag lumabas baka kagatin ka ng
- Basic instincts. aso
 Baka madapa habang naglalakad
Deterministic- life is about gaining pleasure
and avoiding pain. Neurotic Anxiety

 Pleasure seeking  Unconscious fear that basic impulses of

 Satisfy needs the Id with taking control of the person
may lead to punishment if you express
 Avoiding pain and suffering
your desires
 Desire / Urge “I want it now!”
 Irrational, Illogical Moral anxiety
 Primary process of thinking, No
 Fears of violating our own moral
comprehension of the objective reality
principle
 very selfish
 From superego
2. EGO-  might feel guilt and shame
 Mostly conscious/partly unconscious  Ex. mendicancy (begging)
 Reality principle
 Balances id and superego.
 The rational level of personality
 Operates on REALITY
PRINCIPLES- does realistic
and logical thinking.
3. SUPERGO
 Both conscious and unconscious
 Moral principle
 Conscience
 Ego deal
ANXIETY

 STRESS
 FEAR
 Is the symptomatic expression of the
inner emotional conflict caused when a
person suppresses (from conscious
awareness, expressions, feelings of
impulses that are too threatening or
disturbing to live with. – Sigmund
Freud.