For the modern man the concept of "consciousness" and "unconscious" have become commonplace, universally accepted, does not cause problems.However, it was not always.
Initially unconscious refused to believe, considering all of its manifestations in the human action of physiological processes.Somewhat later, mankind has recognized: consciousness and unconsciousness exist in parallel, and not all processes and actions depend on the physiology and consciousness.
Today, scientists are of the opinion that the unconscious - is a huge world, the real, as the ordinary consciousness.Unconscious, despite the fact that transcends man, much wider and richer consciousness.There
unconscious sensations, such as balance, visual, auditory, olfactory senses that cause certain reactions in the nervous system.
first began to study the conscious and unconscious, Plato, then was Freud, Jung, and other researchers.And they, and modern scientists working in this field believe: the unconscious sends us signals that we often do not know how or do not want to hear.If you listen to them, you can enrich your life with a new, better content.
unconscious - it is a way of reflecting reality in which she and the subjective attitude of man acts as a monolithic whole.Unconscious - it is the processes occurring in the mind, but the unconscious man, is not so dependent on his will.
Consciousness - is generated in the public life of the highest form of mental reflection of the world, is a generalization of the subjective pattern of reality in the form of concepts, words, images.In other words, the mind - set of images.
It is natural that the mind, like any process that has its own characteristics.
main characteristics of consciousness:
- cognitive process.These include the processes of perception, imagination, memory, thinking.These include feelings.
- Distinguishing the concepts of "I" - "I do not" subject and object.This feature is inherent to man.Only we, unlike other animals, capable of directing his mental activities on the self.
- Tcelepolaganie that provides reasonable activity.Human consciousness builds scheme takes into account the objectives of, the methods of its implementation, the results obtained.
- relation to reality: feelings, emotions, etc.
- language acquisition.This is perhaps the most important characteristic of consciousness, unique to humans.It defines all the other characteristics of consciousness.Only by mastering the speech, you can learn the knowledge, the will to shape, to set goals and achieve them, sharing the object and subject.Philosophers, psychologists are unanimous: it is the language of human consciousness.
addition to the basic characteristics of the existing components of consciousness.They are few:
- cognitive component is responsible for everything related to cognition.It includes methods of knowledge, attitudes, cognitive techniques and strategies, types of control, the results of cognitive processes.
- Emotional.This affective-motivational components of the psyche: emotions, relationships, self-esteem and so on.
- behavioral-activity component that determines the methods, techniques, mechanisms to ensure the functioning of a person in your own mental, interpersonal, outer space.
consciousness and unconsciousness are inextricably linked.It controls consciousness unconscious impulses, helps socialization dictates the behavior of the person recognized in the society.
If it is impossible to influence the unconscious, the mind has successfully formed.As a child of the process meet the parents, caregivers and teachers.At older ages, the man himself influences the formation of his own consciousness.
