All 3 Uses of
subconscious
in
Flowers for Algernon -- Short Story
- He says its the same thing and I have two minds. Theres the subconscious and the conscious (thats how you spell it) and one dont tell the other one what its doing. They dont even talk to each other.
p. 6..1 *subconscious = mental activity of which one is not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior
- I just looked up the word in the dictionary Dr Strauss gave me. The word is SUBCONSCIOUS. adj. of the nature of mental operations yet not present in consciousness;
p. 6..2subconscious = mental activity of which we are not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior
- subconscious conflict of desires
p. 6..3subconscious = mental activity of which one is not aware
Definition:
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(subconscious) mental activity of which one is not aware, but which can influence feelings and behavior; or the part of the mind that engages in such activityeditor's notes: Though commonly used in daily conversation, the word subconscious is not used clinically. Where the layperson says subconscious, psychologists are likely to say unconscious mind.