PSYC85H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Anal Stage, Penis Envy, James George Frazer
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Meanings of unconscious : not conscious or knowing within oneself; unaware, regardless, heedless: May have capacity for consciousness, but not of that particular event: not characterized by or endowed with the facility or presence of consciousness: Temporarily devoid from consciousness but may return later. Preconscious: latent ideas that present themselves to consciousness as they gain strength: not realized or known as existing in oneself: What is unconscious is psychologically real, however, suggests that what is now unconscious may never have been conscious. Unrealized potentials: not attended by or present to consciousness; performed or employed without conscious action: Sigmund freud (1856-1939: theories of darwin interested him, doctor of medicine. Saw hysterical symptoms as a result of sexual trauma in early childhood. Believed that no other forces than the common physical-chemical ones are active in the organism and these are reducible to the forces of attraction and repulsion, a theme that was often expressed by freud.
