AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Unconscious mind key to understanding conscious thoughts/behavior
A
Structuralism
B
Functionalism
C
Psychoanalysis
D
Natural Selection
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theory of personality, the unconscious mind is defined as a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of conscious awareness.

Detailed explanation-2: -unconscious, also called Subconscious, the complex of mental activities within an individual that proceed without his awareness. Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, stated that such unconscious processes may affect a person’s behaviour even though he cannot report on them.

Detailed explanation-3: -Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels corresponds and overlaps with his ideas of the id, ego, and superego.

Detailed explanation-4: -The conscious mind involves thoughts that someone is aware of at any given moment. The preconscious mind involves things that can be brought into consciousness at any time. The unconscious mind includes the thoughts and feelings that exist outside of one’s conscious awareness.

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