Concious: all sensations & experiences that we are aware of at any given moment; the tip of the iceberg

Unconcious: The focus on psychoanalytic theory; the major driving power behind all behaviors, we cannot see or control...  instincts....difficult to retrieve material, well below the surface

Preconcious: storehouse of memories, thoughts which we aren't conciously aware of at the moment, but we can easily retrieve/ summon into conciousness.  material just benieth the surface of awareness

For Freud, the aspect of personality allied with the instincts; the source of psychic energy (whose form is libido).

Id opperates according to the pleasure principal

Pleasure Principal: avoid pain & maximize pleasure

olny way the id can satisfy it's needs are through reflex action & wish-fulfilling/fantasy experience...childlike thinking by which the id attempts to satisfy the instinctual drives =Primary-Process Thought

the rational aspect of the personality, responsible for directing & controlling the instincts according to the reality principle

Reality Principle: principle by which the ego functions to provide appropriate constraints on the expression of the id instincts

Secondary-Process Thought: mature thought process needed to deal whith the external world

mediates between Id and Superego, when ego is too severely strained, result= anxiety

The moral aspect of personality; internalization of parental & societal values and standards

largly unconcious ideas of right and wrong, relentless in quest for moral perfection

Consists of the Conscience & the Ego-Ideal

Conscience: behaviors for which child has been punished; become self administered after time

Ego-Ideal: behaviors for which child has been praised; moral/ideal behaviors for which one  should strive

an objectless fear-usually can't pinpoint its source

Reality anxiety: fear of tangible dangers

Neurotic anxiety: conflict b/w id and ego

Moral anxiety: conflict b/w id and superego; fear of once conscience