Affects and Cognition in a Social Theory of Unconscious Processes

Affects and Cognition in a Social theory of Unconscious Processes

ed from the experience of interaction. The cause of the patterning of interaction is the interaction itself.

Splitting consciousness: Unconscious, conscious, and metaconscious processes in social cognition

This paper explores the interplay between unconscious, conscious, and metaconscious processes in social cognition. We distinguish among mental states that are (i) genuinely unaware, (ii) aware, but lack meta-awareness, and (iii) meta-aware—internally articulated as states of the perceiver. We review key studies from our own and related research programmes to highlight this theoretical framework...

Cognition, unconscious processes

1. The Psychological Unconscious The psychological unconscious refers to mental structures and processes that influence a person's ongoing experience, thought, and action outside of conscious awareness (Kihlstrom, 1987). In the 19th century, the concept was exemplified by Helmholtz's idea that conscious perception is based on unconscious inferences; by Pierce and Jastrow's demonstration of the ...

Conscious and unconscious processes in cognition

Characterizing the relationships between conscious and unconscious processes is one of the most important and long-standing goals of cognitive psychology. Renewed interest in the nature of consciousness — long considered not to be scientifically explorable —, as well as the increasingly widespread availability of functional brain imaging techniques, now offer the possibility of detailed explora...

Unconscious, Conscious, and Metaconscious in Social Cognition