Question

Even though Maya was not thinking about the events surrounding the day when she graduated from high school, she can easily bring memories about that day to conscious awareness. In terms of Freud's theory of personality, Maya's memories are stored at the _____ level of awareness.

Answer 1

Answer:     Preconscious

Explanation:  According to Freud, there are conscious, preconscious levels of awareness as well as unconscious. Recalling memories from the conscious is no problem. Recalling the memory from the preconscious that is located below the conscious is also not a problem, because it is not about the unconscious, it is about the suppressed memories that can be recalled consciously at any time. Such memories are temporarily forgotten because the fact that they are in the level below the conscious, but these are usually memories of great importance that mean a lot to us, and such memories are stored in the preconscious before they are easily recalled. Such is the case with Maya, who has no problem remembering the day she graduated, though she often doesn't think about it.