Want to know your mind? How about a scientific way? Your mind is unconscious and conscious, thinking and feeling—and more…
| affective state: feelings in-the-moment | motivational state: reaching a goal, overcoming a situation | cognitive state: thoughtfulness, lost-in-thought, daydream, conscious thinking |
| affective trait: Neuroticism, upbeat personality | motivational trait: Conscientiousness | cognitive trait: introspective, intellectual, imaginative (Openness) |
| affective process: emotional processing in therapy | motivational process: setting your mind to a goal | cognitive process |
| affective state: moods | motivational state | cognitive state: dreaming |
| affective trait: half-awareness of Neuroticism or Enthusiasm | motivational trait: habitual action | cognitive trait: half-known preference for Thinking (over Feeling) |
| affective process | motivational process | cognitive process |
| affective state: intuition | motivational state: doing things without thinking | cognitive state: intuition |
| affective trait: undiscovered Neuroticism/Enthusiasm | motivational trait: doing something without knowing why | cognitive trait: undiscovered Intellect or Imagination trait |
| affective process: System 1 intuition (fast, unconscious inference) | motivational process | cognitive process: System 1 intuition |
You get it? Your mind is complex!
Take the mind survey here. (Bonus at the end —click “sure!” when asked if you’re interested in superconsciousness to find out if you’re self-actualizing!)
