freud believed that human behavior is governed by the unconscious mind.
freud believed that human behavior is governed by the unconscious mind.
who believed that human behavior is governed by the unconscious mind?
freud
freud divided the mind into the conscious mind (or the ego) and the unconscious mind. the latter was then further divided into the id (or instincts and drive) and the superego (or conscience). in this theory, the unconscious refers to the mental processes of which individuals make themselves unaware. freud proposed a vertical and hierarchical architecture of human consciousness: the conscious mind, the preconscious, and the unconscious mind—each lying beneath the other. he believed that significant psychic events take place "below the surface" in the unconscious mind, like hidden messages from the unconscious. he interpreted such events as having both symbolic and actual significance.
unconscious mind
langs revamped the psychoanalytic view of the unconscious mind, in accordance with his evolutionary approach. according to him, the unconscious mind operates on the basis of perceptions outside of awareness – subliminal or unconscious perceptions – much as the conscious mind operates on the basis of conscious perceptions, i.e. perceptions within awareness. the unconscious mind evolved, according to langs, due to the development of language acquisition, which brought with it the uniquely human awareness of the future and, correspondingly, the sense of our own mortality and other death-related issues. this realization of mortality is often evoked by traumatic incidents and, thus, the anxiety-provoking ramifications of those experiences are barred from consciousness, though perceived unconsciously and then adaptively processed towards resolution. in contrast to classical psychoanalytic theory, which tends to view the unconscious mind as a chaotic mix of drives, needs, and wishes (see psychoanalysis), langs sees the unconscious mind as an adaptive entity functioning outside of direct awareness.
robert langs