psychoanalysis essay
2.0 What is behind Psychoanalysis
“Assertions made by psychoanalysis declares that mental process are in themselves unconscious and that all of mental life it is only certain individual acts and portions that are conscious “(Freud1973, p. 46) For my learning of Freudian theory, I needed to go to the start of the process and this starts with the mind. In Freudian theory it is divided into two main parts, the conscious and the unconscious mind. The conscious mind includes all the things we are aware of or can easily bring into awareness. Part of this includes our memory, which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness. Freud called this memory the preconscious. The unconscious mind, on the other hand, includes all of the things outside of our awareness, unknown to us, but still has an influence on us. They are repressed memories. It holds our feelings, thoughts, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness. A lot of these memories of the unconscious are unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behaviour and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying memories. I agree with Freud I do think the mind has the ability to repress memories. From researching and case studies there are many examples of repression especially in traumatic events and in child sexual abuse.
Carl Jung also agreed with Freud on the repressed memories as he says “I have frequently encountered repressions in my experiments with word association:” (Jung 1963, p.147)
He goes on to say “the facts that I had observed were consonant with his theory. Thus I was able to corroborate Freud’s line of argument” (Jung 1963, p.147)
As well as these two main parts of the mind, Freudian theory also looks at the human personality and the personality structure and divides this personality up into three major components:
“Assertions made by psychoanalysis declares that mental process are in themselves unconscious and that all of mental life it is only certain individual acts and portions that are conscious “(Freud1973, p. 46) For my learning of Freudian theory, I needed to go to the start of the process and this starts with the mind. In Freudian theory it is divided into two main parts, the conscious and the unconscious mind. The conscious mind includes all the things we are aware of or can easily bring into awareness. Part of this includes our memory, which is not always part of consciousness but can be retrieved easily at any time and brought into our awareness. Freud called this memory the preconscious. The unconscious mind, on the other hand, includes all of the things outside of our awareness, unknown to us, but still has an influence on us. They are repressed memories. It holds our feelings, thoughts, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness. A lot of these memories of the unconscious are unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict. According to Freud, the unconscious continues to influence our behaviour and experience, even though we are unaware of these underlying memories. I agree with Freud I do think the mind has the ability to repress memories. From researching and case studies there are many examples of repression especially in traumatic events and in child sexual abuse.
Carl Jung also agreed with Freud on the repressed memories as he says “I have frequently encountered repressions in my experiments with word association:” (Jung 1963, p.147)
He goes on to say “the facts that I had observed were consonant with his theory. Thus I was able to corroborate Freud’s line of argument” (Jung 1963, p.147)
As well as these two main parts of the mind, Freudian theory also looks at the human personality and the personality structure and divides this personality up into three major components: