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Integration of the cognitive and the psychodynamic unconscious (1994)
| Venue: | American Psychologist |
| Citations: | 477 - 1 self |
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@ARTICLE{Epstein94integrationof,
author = {Seymour Epstein},
title = {Integration of the cognitive and the psychodynamic unconscious},
journal = {American Psychologist},
year = {1994},
pages = {709--724}
}
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Abstract
Cognitive-experiential self-theory integrates the cognitive and the psychodynamic unconscious by assuming the ex-istence of two parallel, interacting modes of information processing: a rational system and an emotionally driven experiential system. Support for the theory is provided by the convergence of a wide variety of theoretical positions on two similar processing modes; by real-life phenom-ena—such as conflicts between the heart and the head; the appeal of concrete, imagistic, and narrative represen-tations; superstitious thinking; and the ubiquity of religion throughout recorded history—and by laboratory research, including the prediction of new phenomena in heuristic reasoning. N early 100 years ago, Freud introduced a dualtheory of information processing that placeddeviant behavior squarely in the realm of the natural sciences and, more particularly, in psychology.
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information processing placeddeviant behavior natural science similar processing mode experiential system rational system recorded history heuristic reasoning wide variety laboratory research real-life phenom-ena theoretical position narrative represen-tations superstitious thinking new phenomenon
