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2. Preconscious level of awareness
a. The preconscious is called the
subconscious.
b. The preconscious includes experiences,
thoughts, feelings, or desires that
might not be in immediate awareness
but can be recalled to consciousness.
c. The subconscious can help repress
unpleasant thoughts or feelings and
can examine and censor certain wishes
and thinking.
3. Conscious level of awareness
a. The conscious mind is logical and is
regulated by the Reality Principle.
b. Consciousness includes all experiences
that are within an individual’s
awareness and that the individual is
able to control and includes all
information that is remembered easily
and is immediately available to an
individual.
C. Agencies of the mind: id, ego, and superego

The id, ego, and superego are the 3 systems of personality. These

psychological processes follow different operating principles. In a mature and well-
adjusted personality, they work together as a team under the leadership of the ego.

1. The id

a. Source of all drives, present at birth;
operates according to the Pleasure
Principle
b. Does not tolerate uncomfortable states
and seeks to discharge the tension and
return to a more comfortable, constant
level of energy
c. Acts immediately in an impulsive,
irrational way and pays no attention to
the consequences of its actions;
therefore, often behaves in ways
harmful to self and others
d. The primary process is a psychological
activity in which the id attempts to
reduce tension.
e. The primary process by itself is not
capable of reducing tension; therefore,
a secondary psychological process

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