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Question : Do you think it is possible to study unconscious behavior, as Freud suggested, empirically? Is there a way we can assess a person’s implicit motivation? That is, do you think that thoughts that we are not even aware of can affect behavior?

Writer 1

Unconscious behavior was not proven through adequate scientific tests.  However, I believe that it is possible to study unconscious behavior.  In our unconscious resides our thoughts, emotions, experiences and desires that are deeply rooted within us; Nonetheless, we are able to see them play out in our behaviors.  Freud shares with us, the way that our unconscious influence our behaviors is through defense mechanism.  Defense Mechanisms are Largely unconscious reactions that protect a person from painful emotions such as anxiety and guilt (Psychology applied to Modern life, Chapter 2 PG 36).  Another way to define Defense Mechanism is a Self-Deception a person embraces to counteract the uncomfortable feelings.  Some to mention are Repression, Projection, Displacement, Regression, rationalization, Identification, and Reaction formation.  An Example of the unconscious affecting one's behavior is a young child watching their parents go through divorce.  They can grow up not being able to hold a relationship.  In other words, Once the relationship gets deep the person bails out.  In their mind they are protecting themselves from being hurt or left. 

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Writer 2

I also believe that unconscious thoughts can affect ones behavior. There is a constant war within all of our minds and after reading I believe that the truth or ones true feelings are best spoken/shown unconsciously. I do believe that it is possible to study unconscious behavior. One example....Most people are  unaware of any thoughts during a deep sleep, memories, desires, events of a day et... are in the mind, I know that when I unconsciously think or dream of certain memories or events I will wake up very happy or very irritated, which has put a damper on my day for no reason.  Another example , when I was a pre-teen I had something horrible happen and one night while sleeping my husband tried to wake me because I was kicking him,  he stated that I began to tell him  things I kept hidden from him of that memory while never waking up, I was in a deep sleep. The next morning I was very irritated and kept trying to argue for no reason, I just felt angry and lashed out hateful toward him. He finally told me what I said while asleep. 

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