Question

Elisa was put up for adoption when she was 4 years of age. She was old enough to remember her mother taking her to the center, leaving her there, and then the subsequent stays at home while waiting for a new family. Now an adult, Elisa does not have immediate access to those memories even though they are buried deep inside her. Freud would argue that these painful memories are stored in Elisa’s ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

unconscious

Explanation:

Elisa was put up for adoption when she was 4 years of age. She was old enough to remember her mother taking her to the center, leaving her there, and then the subsequent stays at home while waiting for a new family. Now an adult, Elisa does not have immediate access to those memories even though they are buried deep inside her. Freud would argue that these painful memories are stored in Elisa’s unconscious.

According to Sigmund Freud, the unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that outside of our conscious awareness. Most of the contents of the unconscious are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict.

Answer 2

Answer: Unconscious

Explanation: The unconscious could be regarded as that part of an individual's mind where deep thoughts, reasoning and feelings are buried. The informatikn in an individual's unconscious mind cannot be brought to conscious reality however, they play a huge part in our decision making due to the fact that the unconscious mind are made up of memories, events, occurrences and experiences that have occurred in the past. Elisa's painful memories resides in her unconscious, because they occurred a very long time ago, she doesn't access to those memories but has a huge emotional influence on her.