Chapter 2    Freud: Psychoanalysis31
fei75766_ch02_019-071.indd 31  02/19/20 08:59 AMProvinces of the Mind
Fornearly 2decades, Freud’s onlymodel ofthemind wasthetopographic onewe
havejustoutlined, andhisonlyportrayal ofpsychic strife wastheconflict between 
conscious andunconscious forces. Then, during the1920s, Freud (1923/1961a) 
introduced athree-part structural model. Thisdivision ofthemind intothree prov-
inces didnotsupplant thetopographic model, butithelped Freud explain mental 
images according totheirfunctions orpurposes.
ToFreud, themost primitive partofthemind wasdas Es, orthe“it,”which 
isalmost always translated intoEnglish asid;thesecond division wasdas Ich ,or
King
Reception
room
AnteroomScreenEye of consciousness
Final censorship
Preconscious
Censorship
UnconsciousDoork eeper
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