Question

Even though Clara isn't currently thinking about the events surrounding the day when she graduated from high school, she can easily bring those memories to conscious awareness. In terms of Freud's theory of personality, Clara's memories are stored at the _____ level of awarenes

Answer 1

Clara's memories are stored in the preconscious level of awareness.

Step-by-step explanation:

According to Freud, the mind operates on 3 levels of awareness. A way to understand them is to visualize an iceberg.

• Conscious: the top part of the iceberg. These are the thoughts the individual is aware and fully conscious of.
• Preconscious: the part that is half submerged half out of the water. These are the thoughts one is not fully aware of and cannot remember at will but they might come up given certain circumstances.
• Unconscious: the submerged part of the iceberg. These are the unknown thought to us, our blind spot. We can act according to these but not on a conscious level.

In this case, Clara's thoughts about her graduation are not there all the time and they are not something she is always aware of. however, it is possible for her to summon in a certain way, they sway between the conscious and unconscious level.