The psyche is defined by phenomenality : all its contents have an experiential essence or nature. Some of these contents are conscious in that they are controlled by deliberate volition, accessible through self-reflective introspection and linked in a web of cognitive associations. The remaining contents are unconscious. These unconscious contents are objective in the sense of being autonomous from the point of view of consciousness. The activity of consciousness and the unconscious can impinge on each other. When the unconscious impinges on consciousness, we experience the resulting effects
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