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Learn about the availability heuristic, a type of mental shortcut that involves basing judgments on info and examples that quickly come to mind.| Verywell Mind
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Memory refers to the processes used to acquire, store, retain, and later retrieve information. Learn more about how memories are formed and the different types.| Verywell Mind
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Long-term memory refers to the lasting storage of information in the brain. Learn about the duration, capacity, and types of long-term memory, and how it forms.| Verywell Mind
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Sigmund Freud believed that the latent content of dreams involves the hidden, symbolic meaning. Bringing it to awareness, he thought, could relieve distress.| Verywell Mind
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Learn about what the term "Freudian slip" means, different types of slips, and why they occur. We also share some examples of Freudian slips in everyday life.| Verywell Mind
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Freud's suggested there are three elements of personality—the id, the ego, and the superego. Learn how they work together to form personality and explore examples.| Verywell Mind
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Unlike the conscious mind, the unconscious mind includes thoughts outside of awareness. Learn about Freud's three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious minds.| Verywell Mind
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Sigmund Freud described the ego as the part of the personality that mediates between the demands of the id, superego, and reality. Learn how the ego works.| Verywell Mind
In Freud's theory, the conscious mind includes everything inside awareness. Learn more about the conscious mind's role and how it relates to the unconscious.| Verywell Mind
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There are many development theories. Learn some of the best-known child development theories as offered by Freud, Erickson, Piaget, and other famous psychologists.| Verywell Mind
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Carl Jung's collective unconscious theory refers to the concept that our deepest unconscious mind is genetically inherited and not shaped by experience.| Verywell Mind
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Carl Jung described archetypes as models of people, behaviors, and personalities. Learn about the major archetypes that Jung identified and their characteristics.| Verywell Mind
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Freudian theory centers around ideas and works of famed psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud. Learn more about Sigmund Freud's theories of talk therapy, personality, and more.| Verywell Mind
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Learn how psychoanalysis, an approach to therapy that emphasizes childhood experiences, dreams, and the unconscious mind, has influenced the field of psychology.| Verywell Mind