Define conscious, preconscious, nonconscious, and unconscious thought and provide examples of thoughts that might have been in each level of consciousness prior to being asked this question
What will be an ideal response?
The student should define conscious thoughts as being things they are currently aware of (like the words in this question). Preconscious thoughts are memories accessed after something calls attention to them (like what you had for dinner last night). Nonconscious thoughts are things in our current environment that we "pick up" without them being consciously attended to (like the sound of the fan in the classroom). Unconscious thoughts include threatening memories and thoughts blocked from conscious thought (like the belief that one's mother is sexy).
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Jean Piaget was interested in
studying how children think. measuring what children know. how parents discipline their children. how peers influence each other.
Clients undergoing cognitive therapy will begin by
a. the therapist showing how maladaptive the person's thinking is. b. the client learning how to change their overt behaviors. c. learning to detect their automatic negative thoughts. d. the therapist explaining that the root of all their problems is their attitude.