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==Topology==
 
==Topology==
  
A [[topographical model]] uses imagined space to make a [[Freud]]'s theory of the [[mind]] or [[psyche]] understandable, helps us to picture the structure of the [[mind]] or [[psyche]].
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A [[topographical model]] uses imagined [[space]] to make a [[Freud]]'s [[theory]] of the [[mind]] or [[psyche]] understandable, helps us to picture the [[structure]] of the [[mind]] or [[psyche]].
  
 
==Topographical Model==
 
==Topographical Model==
 
According to the [[Freud]]'s first "[[topographical model]]", the [[mind]] or [[psyche]]
 
According to the [[Freud]]'s first "[[topographical model]]", the [[mind]] or [[psyche]]
is divided into three three separate component parts, systems or "psychical localities":
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is [[divided]] into [[three]] three [[separate]] component parts, systems or "[[psychical]] localities":
  
 
* the [[conscious]] ('''[[conscious|Cs]]'''),
 
* the [[conscious]] ('''[[conscious|Cs]]'''),
 
* the [[preconscious]] ('''[[preconscious|Pcs]]''') and
 
* the [[preconscious]] ('''[[preconscious|Pcs]]''') and
 
* the [[unconscious]] ('''[[unconscious|Ucs]]''')
 
* the [[unconscious]] ('''[[unconscious|Ucs]]''')
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===Unconscious===
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This simple [[model]] assumed that the [[unconscious]] was chiefly, if not entirely, derived from [[repression]], and therefore consisted of impulses, [[thoughts]], and [[feelings]], which were unacceptable to the [[conscious]] [[ego]].
  
 
===Material===
 
===Material===
Material in the [[unconscious]] could never become [[conscious]], but material in the [[preconscious]] could occasionally become [[conscious]].  
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[[Material]] in the [[unconscious]] could never become [[conscious]], but material in the [[preconscious]] could occasionally become [[conscious]].
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The [[unconscious]], Freud saw as containing material which had been [[repressed]] for some [[reason]]: because it was too [[traumatic]] or [[pain]]ful to reach [[consciousness]].  
  
The [[unconscious]], Freud saw as containing material which had been [[repressed]] for some reason: because it was too [[traumatic]] or [[pain]]ful to reach [[consciousness]].  
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This material might consist of [[memories]], [[fantasies]], wishes, [[dreams]], etc.  
  
This material might consist of memories, fantasies, wishes, dreams, etc.  
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===Development===
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During the first 20 years of the twentieth century, [[Freud]] came to realize that this model  was inadequate.  
  
  
 
==Structural Model==
 
==Structural Model==
The three structures of the [[id]], [[ego]], and [[superego]] Freud saw as mapping onto this model.  
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The three [[structures]] of the [[id]], [[ego]], and [[superego]] Freud saw as [[mapping]] onto this model.  
  
 
The [[ego]] he argued was not always [[conscious]], or even [[preconscious]].  
 
The [[ego]] he argued was not always [[conscious]], or even [[preconscious]].  
  
 
The [[superego]], he argued, spanned the [[unconscious]] and the [[preconscious]], while the [[id]] was completely [[unconscious]].
 
The [[superego]], he argued, spanned the [[unconscious]] and the [[preconscious]], while the [[id]] was completely [[unconscious]].

Latest revision as of 02:38, 21 May 2019

Topology

A topographical model uses imagined space to make a Freud's theory of the mind or psyche understandable, helps us to picture the structure of the mind or psyche.

Topographical Model

According to the Freud's first "topographical model", the mind or psyche is divided into three three separate component parts, systems or "psychical localities":

Unconscious

This simple model assumed that the unconscious was chiefly, if not entirely, derived from repression, and therefore consisted of impulses, thoughts, and feelings, which were unacceptable to the conscious ego.

Material

Material in the unconscious could never become conscious, but material in the preconscious could occasionally become conscious.

The unconscious, Freud saw as containing material which had been repressed for some reason: because it was too traumatic or painful to reach consciousness.

This material might consist of memories, fantasies, wishes, dreams, etc.

Development

During the first 20 years of the twentieth century, Freud came to realize that this model was inadequate.


Structural Model

The three structures of the id, ego, and superego Freud saw as mapping onto this model.

The ego he argued was not always conscious, or even preconscious.

The superego, he argued, spanned the unconscious and the preconscious, while the id was completely unconscious.