AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Freud saw the preconscious as those thoughts that are unconscious at the particular moment in question, but that are not repressed and are therefore available for recall and easily capable of becoming conscious (e.g., the “tip of the tongue” effect).

Detailed explanation-2: -Preconscious ideas are not in your awareness, but you could recall them by directing your inner awareness. Two examples are if someone were to ask you what shoes you were wearing yesterday you would be able to tell them. another example would be if you were asked what you ate for lunch, you would be able to recall it.

Detailed explanation-3: -The conscious level of thought is what’s going through your mind right now. However, not all the information in your mind is relevant. For example: what did you have for dinner last Saturday? Chances are you weren’t thinking about that meal until just now.

Detailed explanation-4: -Ideas, memories, feelings, or motives of which we are actively aware are said to be conscious. 2. Aspects of our experience that are not conscious, but can easily be brought to awareness, are stored at a preconscious level.

Detailed explanation-5: -In low awareness, you simply float on a small rubber raft and let the currents push you. It’s not very difficult to just drift along but you also don’t have total control. Higher states of consciousness are more like traveling in a canoe. In this scenario, you have a paddle and can steer, but it requires more effort.