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Preconscious

Written by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025
Verified for the 2027 exam
Verified for the 2027 examWritten by the Fiveable Content Team • Last updated August 2025

Definition

The preconscious refers to thoughts and feelings that are not currently in conscious awareness, but can be readily brought into consciousness if attention is directed towards them.

AP course connection

Topic 7.6: 7.6 Psychoanalytic Theories of Personality

Unit 7

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