Journal of Psychology & Psychotherapy
Open Access
ISSN: 2161-0487
+44 1478 350008
ISSN: 2161-0487
+44 1478 350008
College of Medicine, University of Baghdad, Iraq
Research Article
The Need for Developing a Fourth Level of Awareness in Human Consciousness: Unconsciousness, Preconsciousness, Consciousness and Postconsciousness
Author(s): Hashim Talib Hashim* and Mustafa Ahmed Ramadhan
Background: Consciousness is the state of being aware of any object or something within oneself, such as thoughts, feelings, memories, or sensations. The three levels of awareness in human consciousness which are divided by Freud: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels interferes and overlaps with Freud’s ideas of the id, ego, and superego. The consciousness includes all the things we are aware of, such as the things we know about ourselves and our surroundings. The preconsciousness consists of things we can pay conscious attention to if we are much desired in ourselves, and it is where many memories are stored for easy retrieval when needed. And the last one is the unconsciousness that includes all the things that are outside of our conscious awareness, including many memories, thoughts, and impulses that we are not aware of. When so.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2161-0487.19.9.362