The Personal and Collective Unconscious To many‚ the unconscious is a section of our minds that is inconceivable and almost nonexistent. Like many things in life‚ what we cannot explain‚ we cannot accept. Sigmund Freud‚ mastermind of the field of psychology‚ began to theorize and explain the concept of the unconscious and its effects on our personal lives. Carl Gustav Jung was a young colleague of Sigmund Freud who made the “exploration of this “inner space” [the unconscious] his life’s work (Boeree
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Carl Jung “The Collective Unconscious” According to Carl Jung‚ "the collective unconscious is a universal datum‚ that is‚ every human being is endowed with this psychic archetype layer since his/her birth. One cannot acquire these strata by education or other conscious effort because it is innate. Carl Jung extended Freud’s theory of the unconscious. While he agreed that each of us has conflicts and associations relevant to our own history‚ he felt that the unconscious goes further. He also believed
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human being may be able to grasp. The Personal and Collective Unconscious by Carl Jung believes that "the unconscious contains only those parts of the personality which could just as well be conscious and are in fact suppressed only through upbringing"(344). In a more simplistic form‚ he says that the human brain is actually a more unconscious thought process and that what the brain produces to be conscious can actually be described as unconscious. Francis Crick ’s The General Nature of Consciousness
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Interpreting The Freudian ‘Unconscious’ Few theories hold more intrigue than that of human psychology. Throughout history‚ many have sought to decode the structure of the mind. Amongst those who were determined to investigate the nature of psychic material‚ one of the most prominent remains Sigmund Freud (also known as “the archaeologist of the mind”). Freud had very pronounced views on the innate components of human psychology‚ within which one idea remained central - the ‘unconscious’ mind; he uses this
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Sebastian Krüger Professor Fransisco Mata Ethics 1st Semester 2013 2013-12-13 The Unconscious & Creativity An essay about the relationship between the unconscious and being creative Sebastian Krüger Sebastian Krüger Professor Fransisco Mata Ethics 1st Semester 2013 2013-12-13 Introduction A time ago I started to look at all my biggest creative influences in different areas such as entrepreneurship‚ music and arts. I quickly found out that they all had one thing in common‚ they
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In Depth Look into the Unconscious Mind The Unconscious Mind‚ Attitudes‚ Prejudice‚ and Groupthink 2012 Christine Vest Psychology 110 10/21/2012 An In Depth Look into the Unconscious Mind The Unconscious Mind‚ Attitudes‚ Prejudice‚ and Groupthink 2012 Christine Vest Psychology 110 10/21/2012 Do you believe that people have an unconscious mind? If so‚ how does it affect thoughts‚ feelings‚ and behavior? The whole idea of the unconscious is far deeper than our
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The unconscious‚ or the subconscious‚ mind exists in everyone‚ as it is interwoven into the conscious mind. Sigmund Freud developed Psychoanalysis theory which emphasizes the key role that our unconscious forces play on behavior. An iceberg may be viewed as a metaphor to the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious mind. As an iceberg floats in the water‚ the small percentage of the iceberg that is seen above the water surface represents the conscious mind‚ while the larger mass below
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Freud and Jung- The Unconscious The unconscious is hypothetically a region of the mind that contains desires‚ recollections‚ fears‚ feelings and thoughts that are prevented from expression in the conscious awareness. One of the most influential philosophers who made theories about the unconscious and its aspects is of Sigmund Freud. Freud distinguished between three different concepts of the unconscious: descriptive unconsciousness‚ dynamic unconsciousness
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naturally coordinate to exercise their common goal. However‚ this is generally not the case‚ as Mancur Olson‚ the author of The Logic of Collective Action‚ argues. Olson (2004: 2) states that "it is not in fact true that the idea that groups will act in their self-interest follows logically from the premise of rational and self-interested behavior." Collective action groups‚ without some sort of coercion or special device to make individual participants act in the interest of the group‚ will not
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Hassibullah Roshan November 2013 In the three following essays: Douglas Hofstadter’s “I Am a Strange Loop”‚ Sigmund Freud’s “The Uncanny”‚ and Allan McCollum’s “Matt Mullican’s World”‚ the conscious and the unconscious have been explicated through the scientific and artistic exploration of concepts‚ such as pattern‚ repression‚ repetition compulsion‚ the double‚ and uncanniness. In “I Am a Strange Loop”‚ Douglas Hofstadter explores the basis for understanding factors that constitute “I”‚ the
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