Question

According to psychoanalysis, most of the contents of the human psyche are ______________. a. lodged out of sight in the amygdala and covered by the relatively smaller and less dense brain stem b. lodged out of sight in the unconscious and covered by the relatively smaller and less dense consciousness. c. lodged out of sight in the conscious and covered by the relatively smaller and less dense unconsciousness. d. none of the above

Answer 1

One of the most important concepts in psychoanalysis are levels of consciousness, where Freud believes that the human mind is separated into three levels of thought, from the very top: the conscious, the preconscious/subconscious, and the unconscious. Conscious levels of thought include things that we are focusing on – also known as current thoughts; while the subconscious governs things that we are not currently paying attention to but can focus on any time, such as memory. The unconscious level, which is the deepest level, governs things such as fears, unacceptable sexual desires, and immoral urges.

Thus, the answer to the question is (B) lodged out of sight in the unconscious and covered by the relatively smaller and less dense consciousness.