Freud VocabFreud, Personality, Human

Behavior

ConsciousHaving an awareness of one's environment and

one's own existence, sensations, and thoughts

UnconsciousNot knowing or perceiving

Not aware

Free from self-awaremess

Moralsprinciples or rules of right conduct or the

distinction between right and wrong; ethical

ConscienceThe awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to

one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong:

“Let your conscience be your guide”

Sigmund FreudHuman Behavior

Born in Austria 1856. He was a medical doctor who specialized in neurology.

To Freud, much of the mind is unconscious as opposed to conscious.

He believed that even the smallest behaviors have special significance. Each behavior has an unconscious reason for occurring.

To Freud, the unconscious mind is the key to all human behavior.

Freud is known as a psychoanalytic theorist. These people feel that we have to look at why they behave the way they do instead of just looking at their actions.

Sigmund Freud believed that personality has three structures.

These are the id, ego and superego.

The id wants what it wants right now. It seeks pleasure and avoids pain. This is also known as the pleasure principle.

The ego deals with reality. This is based on rationality, reasoning, problem solving, and decision making. The ego tries to make seeking individual pleasure conform to society. This is known as the reality principle.

The superego is the moral branch of personality. It does not deal with reality, simply what is right or wrong.