Consciousness In Sigmund Freud's Theories Of Mind

Have individuals wondered what happen to the mind when doing various activities such as walking, sleeping or even watching a movie? And do individuals really aware of the surroundings while doing so? These questions can be answered by Freud’s Theory. Freud described the characteristics of mind’s structure and function using a topographical model. According to Freud, there are three stages of awareness in human mind such as conscious, subconscious and unconscious. The least region in Freud’s Theory is conscious. The function of conscious in human mind is control the awareness of human towards any matter. It involves the thoughts that focus to attention. The second important state is subconscious state. It is an ordinary memory. During this stage, information can be retrieve from memory even though it is not stores yet. The last stage as it the most crucial region that takes …show more content…
It is the Hermeneutic code (the voice of truth), the Proairetic code (the empirical voice), the Semantic code (the voice of the person), the Symbolic code (the voice of symbols) and the Cultural code (the voice of science). The Hermeneutic code discuss about any element that can be a mysterious, puzzling and incomplete to the audiences because it is not fully explained. The purpose is to make sure the audience keep focusing and guessing on the movie until the end where the truth is revealed. Second code is the Proairetic talks about how to make audiences guessing on what is actions or event that is going to happen. It build suspense element in audience’s mind, and hence catch audience interest. Basically, it involves all the non-verbal cues that give audience a perception on the thought of the character and the decision making that affect the story line. Generally, code one and two is related. Thus, both codes work together to build tense environment among the