In motivation theory, unconscious motivation refers to desire, urges, and intentions that a person is not aware of. Conscious motivation is the desire, urges, and intentions that a person is fully aware of.
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Conscious motivation refers to goals and desires that individuals are aware of and actively pursue, while unconscious motivation involves drives and desires that are hidden or not fully recognized. Unconscious motivation can influence behavior without individuals being aware of the underlying reasons, often stemming from past experiences or instincts.
A conscious viewpoint refers to thoughts, feelings, and experiences that we are aware of and actively attending to. In contrast, an unconscious viewpoint involves mental processes and perceptions that occur outside of our awareness, such as automatic habits, instincts, and repressed emotions. Understanding these viewpoints can provide insight into how we perceive and interact with the world.
Psychodynamic refers to the interplay of psychological forces that underlie human behavior, emotions, and thoughts. It often involves exploring unconscious feelings and past experiences to understand present patterns of behavior.
Yes, both the ego and superego are considered to operate mostly on an unconscious level, as part of Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche. The ego mediates between the conscious and unconscious mind, while the superego represents internalized societal and parental values that we are not always aware of.
The unconscious mind refers to personal thoughts, feelings, and memories that are hidden from our conscious awareness. On the other hand, the collective unconscious, proposed by Carl Jung, is a deeper layer of the unconscious shared by all individuals that contains archetypes and inherited experiences. While the personal unconscious is unique to each person, the collective unconscious is believed to reflect universal human experiences and symbols.
Implicit memory is unconscious memory, involving skills and routines, while explicit memory is conscious memory, involving facts and events. Implicit learning is learning without awareness of what is being learned, while explicit learning is intentional and conscious learning.