The unconscious mind is when you are doing or thinking something without being alert or aware that you are doing it. Along the idea of the unconscious mind Freud also developed the concept of the ‘ID’, the ‘Ego’ and the ‘Superego’. The id is described as an impulsive, selfish side to our personality which is ruled by a pleasure principle, the superego is the moral part of our personality which recognises right from wrong; and our ego is the part of our mind which tries to rationalise and arbitrate both sides of our thoughts. Freud believed that there were two main causes of abnormality in general. One of these was childhood traumas and the idea that a bad memory from our childhood is so traumatic that it buries itself in our subconscious.
The sub-conscious, acts on its own accord; as it not only thinks independently, but it also acts independently as well (Freud, 2002, revised Ed.). Contrary to the conscious and sub-conscious, the pre-conscious mind consists all things of which we are aware of in full, and in their entirety, even though we are not presently attentive to them (Freud, 2002, revised Ed.). Freud described the psychoanalytic theory as if all humans possessed three major components of our personality. The Id, the ego, and the superego were the names he labeled these components of the human personality. The Id, according to Freud, consist of all of our primitive drives and operates mainly according to what the Id considers to be the principle of pleasure at the time, which is the first component of the theory.
This is the contradicting of Jung. Jung has analysis himself to experience the unconscious through his dreams and fantasia Jung believe that he was strong enough to make dangerous journey and come back to talk about it. His goal was to understand the unconscious from the purpose viewpoint of scientist. Ellis thoughts are that society is more disturbs and it more inclusive and exact “people disturb themselves by thing that have happen to them. And by the view, feelings, and actions” (p16) Horney’s (1950) also Adler writes that our Emotional reactions and lifestyle are associated with our basic beliefs and are therefore cognitively created.
This means early experiences play a critical role in our lives. Freud believed the human mind has both unconscious and conscious areas. The unconscious part is seen as being dominated by the id, a primitive part of the human personality that seeks only gratification and pleasure. It isn’t concerned with social rules, only with self-gratification and it is driven by the ‘pleasure principle.’ It is said psychopaths are ID led. The disregard for our consequences of behaviour is referred to as ‘primary process thinking’.
When analyzing a book through the psychological lens, you must juxtapose the book itself with Sigmund Freud’s theory of the Id, the Ego, and the Super-ego. The Id is most easily described as the “sub-conscious” or the instinctive part of the human psyche. The Id is where most of the pleasure sensations originate. The Ego is the most well known. It is the conscious part of the brain, knows as the decision-making part.
[2] The id is the uncoordinated part of our secret desire. The ego is the organized, the realistic part; and the super-ego plays and moralizing role. [3] The royal road to the unconscious also known as a dream, represents our biggest wishes and desires; dreams that we don’t dare to share with other people. According to Freud we should try to understand and master the unconscious mind, instead of denying it. We can extrapolate this idea to advertising.
A philosopher such as Freud would agree with me because he argued that our Conscience is a construct of the mind. Freud did not believe in any absolute moral law therefore the content of our conscience is shaped by our experiences - our conscience is learned. He argued that the human mind is split into three separate parts. The id is basic instincts and desires such as hunger, which are present at birth. The ego balances the desires and needs of both the id and the super ego.
This gives him the sense of superiority over them. There are a couple of different perspectives that will help explain his behavior and personality, psychoanalytic and behavioral. Even though he returns everything back to the Whos and enjoys life with the Whos, in the beginning he is miserable and he wants the Whos to be as miserable as he is. The first perspective to help analyze the Grinch's personality is psychoanalytical Freud was the Godfather of this perspective and based much of his practice and studies on it. Freud believed there are two factors that drive the personality, libido and aggression.
The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) was created to help measure the needs for power, intimacy, and achievement in regards to motivation. The motivational view I agree with the least is the psychoanalytic view. “The psychoanalytic view of human motivation suggests that behavior is ultimately determined by unconscious sexual and aggressive drives and by the complex intrapsychic conflicts that arise in daily life.” (Pinel, J.P.J. 2008. p. 299). Freud had some beliefs that I believe have been outdated and further researched since his time.
Psychodynamic approach to abnormality Psychodynamic approach to explaining abnormality as proposed by Freud suggests abnormal behaviours are caused by unconscious forces stemming from the subconscious mind due to unresolved conflicts that occurred in the childhood. Freud's original theory has two key elements,a model of human personality and a detailed stage theory of psychosexual development. According to the model of human personality,personality comprises of id,ego and superego. Id is a reservoir of unconscious and instinctive psychotic energy, and it operates on the pleasure principle which states that Id will constantly tries to gratify its instincts through sex and aggression. Dominance of id may lead to destructive tendencies and uninhibited sexual behaviour.On the other hand superego represents the sense of morality.