Functions of the conscious and unconscious mind

Conscious

Unconscious

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Sequential

Simultaneous

Logical

Intuitive, association

Linear

Unlimited / Expansive

Asks “why”

Knows why

Analytical

Feelings / Emotions and Imagination

Waking state

Creative

Voluntary movements

Involuntary movement

A wear of future, present and past

Storehouse of all memories

Tries to understand problem

Knows solution to problems

Directs outcome

Expedites out come

Deliberate

Automatic with out questioning

Verbal

Controls Non verbal body language

Cognitive

Stores Habits and instincts

Attends to detail

Records information

Analytical

Self preserving

Experimental learning

metaphor

Rationalises / Reasons

Permanent memory

prioritises

Autonomic body functions

Willpower

Stores Beliefs Emotions and Values

evaluates

Works on the principle of least effort

decision-making

Learns Quickly

Judges

Symbolic

Sets targets

Can not process negatives

criticizes

needs clear orders to follow

Easily accesses short-term and some long-term memories

Needs repetition until a habit is installed

Organizes all your memories by association

Represses memories with unresolved negative emotion

A temporal (not in relationship to time)

Temporal (in relationship to time)