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Unconscious Mind

I have to answer the following question:

"What is the difference between the unconscious mind and unconsciousness?"

Any ideas, as I'm a bit stuck, and I have to answer in simple terms, and in less than 75 words!

scoobysoo Tue 01/07/08 13:35

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Clanad
Tue 01/07/08
17:30

To be sure of the intent of your question, one has to differentiate between concious mind and the unconcious mind and unconicousness... Let's assume your post is literal and that you are comparing unconciousnes, i.e., the state of being unconcious such as when one is in a coma and the unconcious mind that is aware of everything that it percieves, whether we are conciously aware of it or not.

Example; when deeply involved in reading a book or otherwise distracted from the world around us, one can still hear, see, etc., all the things occuring around us (birds chirping, adistant siren) but not be consiously responsive to them. However, should the same things occur when one is unconcious, the individual may not recognize the stimulii, depending on the depth of unconciousness. The unconcious mind is also analogous to the autonomic system which maintains heartbeat and many other functions without thinking about it.
Freud and Jung made much of this in their theories of psyhcoanalysis, but relied much more on the differences between the two minds. For that, you could check here: http://www.ayrmetes.com/articles/conscious_and _unconscious.htm , as an example...
Best of luck on your thesis!

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