EMPHASIS: Childhood experiences and
the Unconscious mind
PSYCHOANALYTIC
Two models of Sigmund Freud
A. Topographical Model
B. Structural Model
Freud theorized that personality contains three
structures—the
e id, ego, and superego—
mind is like an iceberg, the unconscious making up how many percent
90 %
How many percent of the mind is the conscious
10%
divides the “I” into Conscious or that which we are aware of.
Topographical model
Iceberg Principle
includes the individual’s thoughts and perceptions which are readily available to one’s awareness.
. Conscious Level
includes the individual’s memories and stored knowledge. This information are not immediately part of one’s consciousness but it can be brought into awareness through recollection.
this level constitute the largest part of the iceberg. It includes fears, violent motives, irrational wishes, and selfish needs that are usually repressed by the individuals because it is deemed as unacceptable and unpleasant by the society.
believes that our personality has three structures: The Id, Ego, and Superego.
structural model
operates under the Pleasure Principle
ID
doesn’t care about reality, about the needs of anyone else, only its own satisfaction.
ID
id
id
operates under Reality Principle.
ego
its job to meet the needs of the Id, while taking into consideration the reality of the situation.
ego
self
superego
includes the moral ideas that a person learns within the family and society.
superego
gives people feelings of pride when they do something correct (the ego ideal) and feelings of guilt when they do something they consider to be morally wrong (the conscience).
superego
superego
it is developed due to the moral and ethical restraints placed on us by our caregivers
superego
balance between the Id and the superego