THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
CONSCIOUSNESS
Question
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Conscious mind
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Pre-conscious
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Unconscious
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The subconscious is that part of consciousness that is not currently in focal awareness. The unconscious mind consists of the processes in the mind that occur automatically and are not available to introspection, and include thought processes, memory, affect, and motivation. Psychoanalytical term?
Detailed explanation-2: -The unconscious mind is a reservoir of feelings, thoughts, urges, and memories that are outside of our conscious awareness. The unconscious contains contents that are unacceptable or unpleasant, such as feelings of pain, anxiety, or conflict.
Detailed explanation-3: -As adjectives, however, subconscious and unconscious are not freely interchangeable. If a person has fallen asleep or been knocked out, they are unconscious, not subconscious. If a person is alert but doesn’t realize they are thinking or doing something, the thought or action is subconscious, not unconscious.
Detailed explanation-4: -in psychoanalytic theory, wishes, impulses, aims, and drives of which the self is not aware. Examples of behavior produced by unconscious motivation are purposive accidents, slips of the tongue, and dreams that express unfulfilled wishes.