How much of our life do we really have control over? This topic is covered in The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain which contemplates just how much humans are actually aware of and how much we genuinely decide. The video goes into an in-depth analysis of the automatic brain. It shows just how complicated the many processes the human brain goes through each day, in fact at every second. Humans are immensely unaware of how powerful and controlling the automatic brain is. This part of our brain makes decisions before we can even begin to process them. As the video put it, “when we think we had an idea, our brain already had the idea.” In fact, consciously our minds always think in the past, but we do not register or process this delay.
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And, as we learned before, we trust and use our visual senses the most. The information in both the video and the chapters was tremendously relevant to everyday life. It explains the essentials of what we do and why we do it and sheds a light on what makes each and everyone of us different. The chapters and the video gave a straightforward way to understand the groundwork of life and humanity and both gave various ways life is looked at, which when combined is a biopsychosocial approach. This strategy took psychologists years to develop and many times hit a rough patch due to some methods using a more 2-d view. Finally though, psychology is at its prime. Overall, the main concepts that can be taken away from the video and chapters are the automatic brain, the process of how one’s body and mind work together, and how humans change cognitively as they …show more content…
Our sympathetic nervous system and our parasympathetic nervous system are very central to how we feel and why we feel this way. Knowing how to control these parts of our body can ultimately help with nerves before an upcoming test or date. And as many people suffer from speech anxiety knowing about these systems can be valuable to calming down. Of course, our minds are always changing as we age and thanks to psychology we have clues on what to expect next. The book and video show what separates adults from children and the different stages humans go through. This ground-breaking science is useful because even though everyone is different, we can sense when something has gone wrong, like with autism. Ultimately the The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain was a very helpful video that put everything from chapters 1-4 in a visual format. The video talked about the automatic brain and how much work it does without us realizing it. So much of our everyday actions are controlled by our unconscious mind and it is fascinating and life-changing to realize
And, as we learned before, we trust and use our visual senses the most. The information in both the video and the chapters was tremendously relevant to everyday life. It explains the essentials of what we do and why we do it and sheds a light on what makes each and everyone of us different. The chapters and the video gave a straightforward way to understand the groundwork of life and humanity and both gave various ways life is looked at, which when combined is a biopsychosocial approach. This strategy took psychologists years to develop and many times hit a rough patch due to some methods using a more 2-d view. Finally though, psychology is at its prime. Overall, the main concepts that can be taken away from the video and chapters are the automatic brain, the process of how one’s body and mind work together, and how humans change cognitively as they …show more content…
Our sympathetic nervous system and our parasympathetic nervous system are very central to how we feel and why we feel this way. Knowing how to control these parts of our body can ultimately help with nerves before an upcoming test or date. And as many people suffer from speech anxiety knowing about these systems can be valuable to calming down. Of course, our minds are always changing as we age and thanks to psychology we have clues on what to expect next. The book and video show what separates adults from children and the different stages humans go through. This ground-breaking science is useful because even though everyone is different, we can sense when something has gone wrong, like with autism. Ultimately the The Magic of the Unconscious: Automatic Brain was a very helpful video that put everything from chapters 1-4 in a visual format. The video talked about the automatic brain and how much work it does without us realizing it. So much of our everyday actions are controlled by our unconscious mind and it is fascinating and life-changing to realize