Acknowledging and understanding these repressed feelings, a patient would be cured of their

mental illness. One way Freud attempted to uncover repressed feelings was through

Free association: Essentially, the patient was told to talk freely about whatever ideas or
memories came up. They were not supposed to think about these ideas or attempt to judge them in
any way, simply experience them. In this experience, repressed thoughts and feelings were
supposed to come up to the conscious level. In addition to free association, Freud would analyze the
dreams of patients that the patient was unconsciously repressing.

Transference: was another important component of psychoanalysis. This is when the patient
would redirect their feelings for someone in their life towards their therapist. Did the patient have
issues with a parent? If transference occurred, they may start treating their therapist as their parent
and feel angry or frustrated with them. In recognizing the transference relationship, the therapist
and patient can explore meaning and thoughts behind the relationship. They even use transference
to solve conflicts the patient has with people they used to know, through a kind of role-play. Overall,
by making the unconscious become conscious, Freud believed that we can be cured of things like
anxiety and depression.

Psychoanalysis: But what about the theory behind psychoanalysis? Clearly, the
UNCONSCIOUS mind was key to Freud’s beliefs. This is the part of the mind which is inaccessible to
the CONSCIOUS MIND, which is your active awareness, but still affects behavior and emotions. His
theory of unconsciousness began with the theory of REPRESSION. In his view, there was a cycle of
thoughts. Thoughts would be repressed but not erased from the mind. These repressed thoughts
could impact behavior, and in some cases, actually reappear in the conscious mind. Freud ultimately
believed that the unconscious mind impacts every action we do. For instance, he believed that the
unconscious is what drives misspeaks. Basically, these “slips” reveal our true thoughts that are
hidden in the unconscious. You might say vaginal” instead of “virginal” when reading aloud in class.
Freud would say that this slip means you are repressing sexual thoughts, and this misspeak brings
these thoughts to consciousness. We even refer to such errors as Freudian slips. Again, dreams
played an important role in Freud’s Freud believed the psyche was made of three parts: the id, ego,
and superego. The ID is the completely unconscious part of your psyche. It is impulsive and
childlike, constantly seeking immediate pleasure and gratification. The id, according to Freud, s the
source of our basic impulses. It has no grasp on reality or that there are consequences for actions.
The SUPEREGO is the moral component of our psyche. We can think of it as the conscience of the
mind. The superego can distinguish between reality and illusion, and knows the difference between
right and wrong. Freud believed that without the superego, people would have no way of knowing
what actions are immoral. Then the EGO’s role is to create a balance between the impractical,
pleasure-seeking id and the impractical moralism of the superego. The ego is what directly controls
most of our actions. It seeks out pleasure while at the same time understanding that reality will not
let all of our desires be fulfilled. Freud believed that each element of our psyche is incompatible
with the others, so they will inevitably come into conflict. To protect itself from becoming
overwhelmed, the ego can use various defense mechanisms. This could be things like denial, like
when a smoker denies that smoking is bad for their health, or displacement, which is when you
satisfy an impulse with a substitute object, like if someone were to kick a dog when they really want
to punch their boss.
B. Development of Self and Social Understandings

INTRO: An intersection between our self and the social world, we learn how to understand ourselves
and others. ( reminisce your memories ) When we are young we start to navigate our likes and
dislikes from drinks, pets, foods, etc. that is what makes us understand ourselves at the same time
we figure out how to understand and connect with others this also compasses things able to
understand what or how they might feel.

With the underlying development of self and social understanding theories, we’ll be oriented To the
theories of Freud, Erickson, and Bandura.

The psychoanalytic theory of Sigmund Freud manifested with the UNCONSCIOUS and CONSCIOUS
MIND where in the UNCONSCIOUS mind is the part of the mind that is inaccessible to the conscious
mind but still affects behavior and emotions. It's where thoughts are forgotten but not erased, and
these forgotten thoughts can impact behavior. On the other hand, CONSCIOUS MIND This is our
active awareness, the part of your mind that you're actively thinking with.

Unconscious and Conscious example:

[ DRAW AN ICEBERG ] [ THE UPPER PART OF ICEBERG is like the captain of a

ship. conscious mind is actively involved in decision-making, problem-solving, and directing our
actions toward a specific goal. It allows you to be aware of thoughts, feelings, and actions in the
present moment and use this awareness to navigate. It's like the part of the iceberg that you can see
above the water. ]

[ FEAR OF HEIGHT ]
[I] have a fear of heights, but [I] don’t know, [I] don't remember any traumatic experiences. This
memory might have been repressed or forgotten over time. but the emotional response – fear -
remains in my mind Whenever [I] encounters such heights, [My] mind triggers this fear response.
Even though [I] don't understand why [I’m] afraid.

The ID is the completely unconscious part of your psyche. It is impulsive and childlike, constantly
seeking immediate pleasure and gratification. The id, according to Freud, is the source of our basic
impulses. It has no grasp on reality or that there are consequences for actions. The SUPEREGO is
the moral component of our psyche. We can think of it as the conscience of the mind. The superego
can distinguish between reality and illusion, and knows the difference between right and wrong.
Freud believed that without the superego, people would have no way of knowing what actions are
immoral. Then the EGO’s role is to create a balance between the impractical, pleasure-seeking id
and the impractical moralism of the superego. The ego is what directly controls most of our actions.
It seeks out pleasure while at the same time understanding that reality will not let all of our desires
be fulfilled