Contemporary cognitive psychology still contains a concept of a cognitive unconscious that is motivated and goal driven. The concept is different from Freud’s ideas about the unconscious primarily in that the modern concept conceives of the unconscious as
a. a much weaker, inconsequential cognitive factor.
b. somewhat darker, more conniving and controlling in its activity
c. more powerful in its ability to keep information from the light of consciousness.
d. more of a helper with the regulation of thoughts, emotions, etc.
Answer: d: as more of a helper with the regulation of thoughts, emotions, etc.
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