PSYCHIC APPARATUS

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N., Pam M.S.
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Sigmund Freud divided this psychoanalytical theory into unconscious, preconscious and conscious areas and later revised the terminology to include id, ego and superego, partly conscious, partly preconscious and partly unconscious respectively.

PSYCHIC APPARATUS: "Psychic apparatus is a theory explaining mental processing."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. TOPOGRAPHIC MODEL
  2. CENSOR
  3. PSYCHOANALYSIS
  4. REPRESSION PROPER
  5. UNCONSCIOUS 1 (UCS)
  6. SYMPTOM SUBSTITUTION
  7. REACTION FORMATION
  8. EGO SUFFERING
  9. WOLF MAN
  10. PRINCIPLE OF INERTIA
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "PSYCHIC APPARATUS," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 28, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/psychic-apparatus/ (accessed December 13, 2019).
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