Are you... Your feelings? Your thoughts? Your ideals? Psychoanalysis describes the mind in these 3 parts – who is the real you? To explain psychoanalytic theory To evaluate if this theory opposes religious faith The Challenge of Psychoanalysis

The mind can be thought of as an iceberg, with three levels. Because it isn’t acceptable to have strong, selfish feelings (greedy, envious, angry, selfish) we lock them away, out of sight, in the back of our minds – this is the ID. We don’t want anyone (including us) to think we are really like this. We often don’t even know we have such feelings. Most of minds is made up of such feelings, under the surface. The EGO, is our everyday self, how we manage our day. We take pride in being a certain kind of person: organised, hardworking, energetic, interested, fair, loyal, funny. So we protect our ego from embarassment and shame. But it is partly just an image – a lot of the real you is hidden in the id! The SUPEREGO is the way we boss ourselves about. You must do this/ you shouldn’t do that... It is like an echo of our parents/ teachers voices telling us what is good/ bad behaviour. Our superego can give us a hard time – the phrase “don’t beat yourself up about it” shows that someone’s superego has been telling them off for something. The superego can be good as well – telling you to do the best that you can. 1.Draw the iceberg diagram. Add labels to explain each part. 2.Why is the ego not the real you? 3.Why could a superego make you feel guilty? **If you feel guilty about something, is that just the superego talking (the voice of your parents/ teachers)? Or a truthful awareness of sin?

Id, Ego, Superego How did the id react in the situation with the boss? With the girl? How did the superego react? What was the job of the ego in these situations? Think of an example in your own life where You want to do/ have something (id) –What would the id say? It is not good to get it (superego) – what would the superego say? What decision would your ego make about it, juggling between id and superego?

How does Psychoanalysis challenge religion? A.According to psychoanalysis, all our emotions selfish, from the id. There is no such thing as true, unselfish love. B.There is no such thing as conscience, it is just our superego, echoing the voices of our parents/ society. C.There is no real “you”, no soul - you are just a mix of id, ego & superego. D.There is no God. “God” is just our superego behaving in a superior and commanding way. We look to it, so we can feel safe and “pray” to it to fulfil our wishes. Discuss what you think about one way that psychoanalysis challenges religion. -first explain what psychoanalysis is saying, - then give your opinion about this. Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis