Conscious-unconscious

Reducing Classroom Conflict : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Reducing Classroom Conflict A Communications Model for

“The Map is Not the Territory” : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. “The Map is Not the Territory” Alfred Korzybski (1933)

External Event : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. External Event We take in what we think is outside of us through our five senses Internal Representation Deletion Distortion Generalization

Deletion : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Deletion Our nervous system: pays attention to things it thinks are important to us filters out those things it doesn’t think important

Distortion : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Distortion Architect Composers All kinds of creativity

Generalization : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Generalization The basis of learning You can’t not generalize Doors Phobias Children Beliefs

Believing is seeing : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Believing is seeing Everything we have seen, heard, touched, smelled, said to yourself or tasted is stored somewhere in our nervous system. Our beliefs filter out what we can access

Data enters via our senses : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Data enters via our senses We make an internal representation Creates a state (emotions) Drives behaviors Behavior becomes the new external event and continues a loop ¿ What does this have to do with conflict?

You are NOT a mind reader : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. You are NOT a mind reader When you “mind read” you are distorting what you see, hear, etc.) after filtering it through your experience and perceptions.

Your Conscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Conscious Mind . Processes 7 + 2 chunks of information at one time

Your Unconscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Unconscious Mind Processes 4 million bits of information per second

Your Unconscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Unconscious Mind Imagine …

Your Unconscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Unconscious Mind A building As large as:

Your Unconscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Unconscious Mind A Super Wal*Mart

Your Unconscious Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Your Unconscious Mind A Super Wal*Mart Filled With

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Neuro-Connections in Your Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Neuro-Connections in Your Mind 11 101010 Neuro-connections in your mind

Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind Conscious Unconscious • Thinks sequentially • Thinks simultaneously • Is logical • Is cybernetic • Thinking (secondary experience) • Feeling (most primary experience)

Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind Conscious Unconscious • Aware only of the present • Storehouse of memories • Voluntary movement •  Involuntary movement • Tries to understand problems •  Knows the Solution

Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind Conscious Unconscious • Chooses/directs outcome • Makes outcome happen • Deliberate • Automatic • Verbal • Nonverbal • Analytical • Synthetic

Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Conscious - Unconscious Functions of the Mind Conscious Unconscious • Limited focus • Unlimited & expansive • Cognitive learning • Experiential Learning • Processes approx. • Processes real time 0.5 sec. after the event before conscious awareness

How we process information : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. How we process information Data Enters our mind through our five senses (A, V, K, O, G) Passes through the amygdala Analyzed by amygdala for emotional value Data leaving the amygdala carry an emotional (electro-chemical) charge If the charge is powerful enough, it overrides reasoned thinking and logic

Emotional Hijacking : 

© 2007 Keith Ward, Ph.D. Emotional Hijacking In an emotional emergency, the amygdala signals a crisis, recruiting the rest of the mind to the amygdala’s urgent agenda. Goleman calls this emotional hijacking It happens instantaneously Before the conscious mind can process it and decide what to do