Are people consciously aware of their motives?

Answer 1

My conclusion is, No, they are not. If for no other reason than the fact that people do such self destructive things, the motives for which can take months, if not years, of therapy to uncover. What counters that unawareness, though, is that people are aware of, and responsible for, their behavior.

Answer 2

i dont think they always are. there are ppl that seem to do things unknowingly.

i work as a guitar instructor. most days, theres a few more teachers at the store i work at. recently, a young girl (13 or so) signed up for lessons, and her mom, a very attractive single woman in her mid 30's usually hangs out at the store while the girl is in her lesson. the girl always gets her instructor to go talk to her mom afterwards, almost as if to find a boyfriend for her. when the mom didnt seem interested in her teacher after a few weeks, the girl started asking me what instruments i taught, and said "you seem nice.... maybe i can take lessons with you?", then brought me over to meet her mom. at first i thought she didnt like her teacher, but the more questions i asked, it seemed like the girl was trying to hook up her mom, and i really got the vibe she wasnt doing it on purpose. i bet she just wants her mom to find someone, and tries to make friends for her.

if behaviour like that isnt understood by a person, i bet they could grow up and keep doing it without knowing why they act that way.
i know ppl that develop certain behavioral patterns, and react certain ways to keep ppl away from them, make them think certain things, or come off certain ways, and i dont think they realize what they're doing sometimes until they've already done it.

and by the way, we decided that she should stick with her teacher, and i think her mom had a talk with her about it. but still, her mom is hot. lol.

Answer 3

The basic principle of psychoanalysis is that there are no such things as "accidents." You are aware of the actions you take. Even if it was a dream your subconcious will make it conscious. Thats why there is deja-vu.

Answer 4

Motive requires awareness. There's no motive without awarenes.

Answer 5

I'd bet that 95 % of them are not aware of what their real motives are. They convince themselves it's something else because they don't want to admit what it really is...or they are just not smart enough to figure it out.

Answer 6

some are & some aren't--that's why counsiling is important. Talking it out will often be an ah-ha moment when we figure out why/how we've been sabataging ourselves.

Answer 7

Always unless there excist a psychiatric illness.

Answer 8

i would say about 90% are

Answer 9

iam all the time