Essays on Conscious Mind

Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, and Adler Alfred were influential thinkers and contributors to the discipline of psychology (Fairbairn, 2013). Despite the distinctions in theories and perspectives, the three philosophers spent their lives searching a better understanding of humans’ psychological frailties. Furthermore, they tried to identify different approached of bettering them. Specifically, Freud suggested that the development of a child proceeds through stages associated with one’s physical development, and the way crises are resolved in different stages shapes one’s adult personality (Smith, 2013). He named the stages after erogenous zones that are capable of experiencing pleasure from the ...

“Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” is a book on the topic of neuropsychology written by David Eagleman. He is working as an assistant professor of neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston (Bilger, 2011).The book was published in 2011 by Vintage publishers.

This book is appealing and interesting in that it has presented the scientific concepts in an easy-to-understand manner and has successfully given surprising lessons in neuroscience. Eagleman has presented the tricks that are played by our brain and senses in this physical world. In the ...

Computers have been developed in a manner that they function in a similar manner as human beings. They have been developed in a manner that they support most of the human activities. Like human beings, computers have been extended to exclusive memory. The memory aids the computer to conduct several roles. However, the operations are influenced by excellent programming that a human being extends to these IT systems. Computer devices may be divided into three main sections; input device, storage device or output device. Each of these sections plays a unique role in advancing the overall role of computers. The three sections of the ...

Introduction

Conscience determines the type of actions that are morally right or morally wrong. In order to find out whether the conscience is factor that brings about morally good actions or not it is important to know first what the definition of conscience is. Conscience is defined as the inner most feeling or voice that guides a person in the path of doing something wrong or good. When it comes to the topic of conscience been the guide for ones doing morally good or evil things is something that has been discussed by money, there are those who believe that the ...

Introduction

Is there a life after death? This is one of the questions that most people in the world have been asking themselves for years. The survival of consciousness after death is a very complex situation for most people in the world. This is the reason why it has been discussed by many philosophers as well as other people in the world. According to the researches that have been conducted by the scientist is that, they believe that the consciousness and the mind are connected in that the they functioning of how the brain works even after death (Stanislav Grof & Marjorie). The ...

The nature of the human mind has been a controversial subject among psychologist and scientists. It has baffled many especially on how it works on some particular extreme cases that seem to be out of the normal ranges of human knowledge. The unconscious and the conscious minds have been claimed to function independently. Christopher Bergland ( 20th March, 2014), offered new insights on the workings of the unconscious and conscious mind. I agree on the assertion that the brain has both implicit and explicit systems. The implicit system makes implicit learning possible. This type of learning is automatic and happens ...

Introduction

The paper touches on some of the tensions that exist in the fields of group dynamics and social psychology when it comes to ways in which social scientists approach the study of groups and collective life. Therefore, the paper evaluates the contribution of the psychodynamic approach to the study of groups and collective life. This is done by evaluating the three levels of analysis used by the psychodynamic approach, the work of Bion in groups and unconscious group processes to demonstrate whether the individual or the social dimension of behavior should be the focus of study. In this study, ...

Unconsciousness can be well described by a situation or a state whereby the human mind is devoid of responsiveness to people, habitat or any other stimuli found in the environment. In a straightforward language, it is a state where the mind is functioning to its optimum or there is disconnect in the human coordination system. For instance any patient, who is in a coma, is described as being in an unconscious state. A point to note is the fact that what basically causes lack of consciousness is anything will hinder the normal function of the brain, for instance, brain injury or cardiac arrest. Apparently, ...

Introduction

Sigmund Freud emphasizes the importance of the psychoanalytic value of dreams tremendously. He is of the opinion that dreams give a useful insight into the unconscious mind of a dreamer. His fascination with dreams shows in his keeping a diary during his childhood and he has used many of the ideas and dreams written on the pages of his diary while composing his most famous publication 'The Interpretation of Dreams'. Freud believes that dreams are an attempt to fulfill wishes by the id, especially those wishes which remain unfulfilled in the waking life due to various reasons. Because the longings and desires ...

Psychology Case Study

According to Sigmund Freud, the conscious mind includes all the things that are within the awareness of the individual while the unconscious mind includes all thoughts, urges, memories and feelings that are outside the conscious awareness of the individual. Most of the content of the unconscious mind are feelings and emotions that are unpleasant or unacceptable to the individual. They include such feelings as conflict, anxiety or pain. Moreover, the unconscious exerts a significant influence on the daily experiences and behaviors of the individual even though the individual is not aware of the presence of such influences. (Cherry, 2013). According ...

Explain how IQ is computed. List and describe the theories of intelligence. IQ aka intelligence quotient is a score of a multitude of standardized tests done to evaluate intelligence. Back in 1905, a French psychologist named Alfred Binet established the IQ test. The IQ score reflects our analytical and cognitive skills. In IQ calculation, through a group of standardized tests our mental age is determined and then it is divided by our physical age and finally the result is multiplied by 100. For instance, if Tom's physical age is 24 and his IQ test result shows that his mental age is 28, ...

ABSTRACT

The involuntarily and subconscious behavior of some individuals can be described as extraordinary capabilities. When individuals cannot consciously account for their actions, the phenomena is called ideomotor effect. The effect is not clearly understood though scientific research strongly relates it with the subconscious mind. The difficulty in conducting experiments to come up with a clear psychological and scientific explanation for the ideomotor effect, has lead to it being related to psycho-kinesis and extra sensory perception. The two (ESP AND PK) have an explainable origin from the subconscious mind although further research continues in the field. How scientists explain one sending ...

Introduction

Regarded as the founding father of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist by profession. Psychoanalysis is a clinical method developed by Freud in order to treat patients with psychopathology through an exchange of dialogue between psychoanalyst and a patient. In his creation of psychoanalysis, Freud came up with the concepts of id, ego, superego and defense mechanisms in order to resolve the conflicts between the trios. His psychoanalytic views on feminism and gender have sparked controversy in his own life time and still are a topic of debate and discussion. This paper would discuss in detail about Freudian psychoanalysis, his psychoanalytic ...

The Terror That Comes In The Night" By David. J. Hufford Throughout history, human existence has been grounded on a certain pattern of beliefs and traditions that have guided them in their ever-changing environment. Moreover, these sets of beliefs and traditions have compounded to form a formidable culture that has become a point of reference to members of a particular community. However, these beliefs have been limited to what can be explained by the human conscious while ignoring crucial events that make a huge proportion of the human experience. The book “The terror that comes in the night,” by David Hufford seeks ...

Sigmund Freud was born in the year 1856, in Freiberg. As a matter of fact, Freud was tremendously to be the founder of psychoanalysis and Australian neurologist. Sigmund Freud is credited for various issues in the world, especially developing a new approach on issues pertaining human personality. In fact, Sigmund Freud is believed to be one of the controversial and influential minds in the 20th century. In general perspective, Sigmund Freud is among the trailblazers of the modern psychology. Sigmund in his work distinguished himself from other psychologist due to his intellectual mind. He became the pioneer of the new strategies ...

Psychodynamic Theorists

In Psychology, the term psychodynamics refers to the study of forces which influence human behavior. The term, psychodynamics, owes alot to several aspects of the works and research carried out by Sigmund Freud. Freud argued that the mind is divided into two parts (the conscious and the unconscious). The conscious mind controlling the mental processes that we think of rationally while the unconscious mind holds memories, thoughts and feelings outside conscious awareness (Gelfand & Kerr, 1992). This view led to a debate about whether an individual has control over behavior (freewill), or whether behavior is determined by forces which ...

Sigmund Freud was born in the year 1856, in Moravia. He and the entire family moved to Vienna when he was only five, where he spends most of his time. He was a brilliant student, who attended medical school, and specialized in physiology. In his life, he was highly controversial. Before the World War II, Freud immigrated to England when Vienna was a more dangerous place. Later he died of cancer. In his life, he came up with several theories and did a lot in the community of psychology (Bacock, 2002). Sigmund Freud is one of the controversial and influential philosopher ...

Philosophy of consciousness, undoubtedly, takes a leading position in Anglo-American philosophical thought of 20th and the beginning of 21st century. Numerous publications, devoted to the problems of consciousness are an indicator of that. Philosophy of mind is a branch of analytical philosophy, which studies philosophical aspects of consciousness problem. The central theme of philosophy of consciousness is relationship between consciousness and brain. In this context brain poses a problem of mind-body, while consciousness is understood as either the aggregate mental states, accessible only to the living being experiencing them, or as a state of monitoring internal processes by this subject.

Throughout the history ...