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Ashley Dawkins's picture

negative unconscious thoughts?

This afternoon we explored our unconscious thoughts of the following words: education, schools, students, inquiry, science and conversation. I realized that my word associations to these words were not all positive. In fact, there are negative words involved with education, schools and students, BUT , absolutely none in relation to inquiry, science and conversation.  After some thought, I believe that some of these words are related more than my unconscious interpreted. It was interesting to hear what came to others' minds during this activity. All in all, I think it is based on our individual schemas.

I am sure that there is more to come...

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