unconscious vs subconscious?

Question

What's the difference?

Answer 1

Unconscious means you are non-responsive. (Won't answer questions, won't open eyes).
Subconscious is the part of the MIND that is not fully conscious or aware yet still influences behavior.

Answer 2

In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious refers to that part of mental functioning of which subjects make themselves unaware.For psychoanalysis, the unconscious does not include all of what is simply not conscious - it does not include e.g. motor skills - but rather, only what is actively repressed from conscious thought.

As defined by Sigmund Freud, the psyche is composed of different levels of consciousness, often defined in three parts as

the preconscious
the waking consciousness
and beneath both of these, the unconscious.
For Freud, the unconscious was a depository for socially unacceptable ideas, wishes or desires, traumatic memories, and painful emotions put out of mind by the mechanism of psychological repression. However, the contents did not necessarily have to be solely negative. In the psychoanalytic view, the unconscious is a force that can only be recognized by its effects - it expresses itself in the symptom.

The notion of a subconscious in some branches of psychotherapy is considered to be the deepest level of consciousness, that individuals are not directly aware of, but still affects conscious behavior

Knowledge of the subconscious has been exploited by marketing strategists employed by corporations to either play on hidden fears and secret desires buried in the common subconscious. Teams of psychologists are hired to do market research and understand Consumer behaviour in order to use subliminal messages in advertising campaigns.

The psychoanalytic unconscious is similar to but not precisely the same as the popular notion of the subconscious. However, in the modern field of personal development the terms 'unconscious mind' and 'subconscious mind' are often interchangeable.

Answer 3

I think of the unconscious as someone being knocked out or the conscious having no control/incapacitated. And the subconscious as a level of awareness under the surface of the conscious but not out of control.

Answer 4

Subconsious means doing stuff where you're some what aware like maybe in a dream state. Unconsious just means knocked out. the SubConsious mind is the store house for memories and picks up behavior the the Unconsious mind is basicly your animal instincts, food sex emotions and desires.

Answer 5

unconscious is action of consciously recognized material that is acted on in the present, where as the subconscious contains material that has not surfaced into the consciousness since the event orginally took place.

Answer 6

"Golly ruthvon11! I could bore you with all kinds of measurements and facts, cut and paste, etc. but, the differences are incredibly small. In fact, the terms are interchangeable, because there are differing opinons in there meaning between psychologists."

Answer 7

unconscious is you are out of it - when you get knocked out.
subconsious is brain activity that you don't realize is happening. people have tried to utilize the subconcious with subliminal messages.

Answer 8

UN means you are not aware of what is going around you or a behaviorism and sub is you are aware, one of Freud's theories. that is how Psychotherapy (talk therapy) all got started.

Answer 9

UN = Unable to answer

Sub = Can't control with rational