PSYC 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Preconscious, Unconscious Mind, Freudian Slip
15 Sep 2020
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Research indicates that in some cases contact and cooperation can be transformational. Most effective when contact is free of competition and equal status exists. Across a quarter-million people studied in 38 nations, friendly contact with ethnic minorities, older people, and people with disabilities has usually led to less prejudice. Sigmund freud"s (1856-1939) psychoanalytic perspective: perspective exploring the. Observed patients whose disorders had no clear physical explanations. Concluded their problems reflected unacceptable thoughts and feelings, hidden away in the unconscious mind. Psychoanalysis: freud"s theory of personality that attributes thoughts and actions to unconscious motives and conflicts; the techniques used interpret unconscious tensions. Preconscious: of or associated with a part of the mind below the level of immediate conscious awareness, from which memories and emotions that have not been repressed can be recalled. Unconscious: a reservoir of mostly unacceptable thoughts, wishes, feelings, and memories; According to contemporary psychologists, information processing of which we are unaware.
