Freud s three levels of consciousness

Define (and give an example) Freud’s three levels of consciousness and his three components of personality.

Freud’s three levels of consciousness

1) Consciousness
-Includes everything that we are aware of particular moment.
-Present perceptions (memories, thoughts, fantasies, feelings) everything about right now.
-Ever-shifting stream of thoughts can change dramatically from one moment to the next, but the experience of it seems smooth and effortless.

Example: While writing essay for assignments my consciousness shifted to thinking about lyrics of the music roommates listening to. Next I will notice my desk is messy and I will think when to clean it.

2) Preconscious (Available memory)
- Anything that can easily be made conscious. What we might call available memory.
-It is the memories you are not at the moment thinking but can readily bring to mind.

Example: If you were asked what television shows you watched last night.

3) Unconscious
-It includes all the things that are easily available to awareness. Includes all the things that have their origins (everything we do) and all the stuff that we cant bare to look of. (Memory, emotions associated with trauma)
-Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict.

Example: Without going to a conscious logical process, I will decide to be sad, angry or mad if someone threatens or insult me.

Freud’s three components of personality

1) Id
-Component of personality that is present from birth.
-Reservoir of unconscious psychic energy that strives to satisfy basic sexual and aggressive strive
-Operates on the pleasure principal
-Id is driven by pleasure principle, which strives for immediate gratification of all desires, wants and needs. If these needs are not satisfied immediately, the result is a state anxiety or tension.

Example
My hungry baby niece cried until she was fed.

2) Ego
-The ego is the component of personality that is responsible for dealing with reality that it strives to satisfy the id's desires in realistic and socially appropriate ways.
-Ego understands that other people have needs and desires and that sometimes by being impulsive or selfish that can sometime hurt us in long time.

Example
I wanted to borrow my sister’s dress, but I knew she would be mad if I took her dress without asking her, so I asked my sister if I could wear it.

3) Super Ego
-Based on morals and judgments about right and wrong and the superego’s reason for that decision is more based on moral values.
-Morality principal that if violate rules you will feel guilt
-It wants to be perfect which can be unrealistic

Example
My sister and I went to a restaurant for dinner and the cashier only charged for one meal even though we had eaten two. My sister could have only paid for one, but pointed out the cashier’s mistake and offered to pay for both meals. She wanted to be honest.