Behavioral Science

CHAPTER 4
Psychoanalytic
Theory
What are the two major theories of the
mind developed by Freud?
Which part of Freud’s topographic mind
contains information that one is
unaware of, but can be accessed
with prompting?
Which part of the mind contains
thoughts of which a person is aware?
How is the expression of the id
regulated?
Which part of the mind helps a person
maintain relationships?
1. Topographic theory of the mind
(includes three parts):
a. Conscious
b. Preconscious
c. Unconscious
2. Structural theory of the mind
(also known as the tripartite
theory):
a. Ego
b. Superego
c. Id
Preconscious
The conscious—this part of the mind has
no access to the unconscious. The
unconscious includes what we are not
aware of such as sexual drives,
aggressive drives, impulses, or
fantasies.
The ego exerts the learned rules of the
world over the id to control its overt
expression of primitive drives, such as
sexual urges and aggression. The ego
manages and negotiates the drives from
the id as well as moral restrictions (from
the superego).
The ego
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