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    by the subconscious mind versus conscious mind power continues to be a focal point of doctors and scientists seeking for irrefutable verification on the notions that our subconscious mind controls more than considered, Tom Safford argues in his article “Your subconscious is smarter than you might think” . Specifically, Tom Safford, Director of Public Engagement and lecturer in Psychology and Cognitive Science at the University of Sheffiel, establishes a clearer viewpoint that the subconscious can control

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    Dreams, the plaything of the subconscious, the clay by which one 's thoughts, one 's fears, one 's dreams molds its perception of the world. Little is known to why they sleep, and as such I know little about why they dreams, but I do know the power of dreams. They are raw perception, reality cast aside to present the extreme emotional responses through symbolism both direct and indirect. Every worry, every faint fear pushed to the back of the head during the course of the day, each hope let lose

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    This is all expressed through Freud’s idea that “the whole conduct of our life is constantly influenced by subconscious ideas” (UI 223) which represents the superego in Lady Audley attempting to comply to social standards. These “ideas are…active” (UN Ideas 222) in women because they are constantly trying to overcome this sense of inferiority they possess towards

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    Psychodynamic theories of psychology focuses on the subconscious self, influencing behaviors of an individual and are used to explain the development of mental illness and abnormalities. The basis of psychodynamics is Sigmund Freud’s theory in which he describes three states of mind vying for their preferred goal: the Id concerned with obtaining pleasure, the Superego concerned with upholding morality, and the Ego which uses reason to balance the desires of the two extremes. Freud describes three

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    The Subconscious Mind Regarding Henry portrays a hot-tempered, cold man as he recovers from a shot to the head. His relationships with his family and friends transform and grow, and his pessimistic attitude towards life evolves into a much brighter, happier one. This drastic event in Henry’s life causes a change in him. He stops making decisions with his Id, the pleasure-seeking side of one’s brain, and starts making them with his Superego, the side of the brain leaning towards morals and goodness

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    Subconscious Mind Manipulation by the Advertising Industry Today’s adults and youth alike are being manipulated by the advertising industry, and are ever increasingly becoming puppets of this massive economic monster where they manipulate this world using your subconscious against you without your knowledge of it or authority. Hoping to break this mold by informing all unaware world citizens and giving them tools to see through the gimmicks and make rational decisions based on facts not manipulation

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    Running Head: INTUITION Intuition: The Subconscious Analysis That Shapes Our Lives Shannon Moran Bridges High School INTUITION Abstract Intuition has rarely been given the credit it deserves, even when numerous experiments over the past decades has shown it to be a complex and detailed subconscious process, rather than the pseudo-science many still believe it to be. Despite the success of intuition as a decision maker, the ideology that we should trust logic first and hunches

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    Though many individuals deny the importance of social desirability and subconscious importance of the attractiveness of a significant other or an individual one may have to relate or interact with, it bears heavy weighting; more than many believe. Many when seeing what they deem an attractive person walking down the street may take a second look or may turn around to look again however unknowingly the others fade into a blur when they walk past on the street. New research conducted by Nancy Etcoff

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    Metamorphosis, a novella by Franz Kafka, is about a man who has been transformed into a giant beetle overnight. This transformation is a form of rebellion that turns out to be a punishment for that rebellion. The Metamorphosis is a story of subconscious rebellion and isolation to avoid one's responsibilities. The story begins, "When Gregor Samsa woke up one morning from unsettling dreams, he found himself changed in his bed into a monstrous vermin." (Kafka, 3) This is quite surprising

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    society by exploiting Freud’s studies of the subconscious mind. Freud believed that through hypnosis one could go into one’s subconscious and recover a memory that was hidden from the conscious mind. In Brave New World the controllers of the society use Freud’s idea of accessing the subconscious while people are under hypnosis. Instead of retrieving lost memories, they implant phrases, truths that must be believed on the deepest level possible: the subconscious. “One hundred repetitions three nights a

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