How Does the Modern Notion of the Automatic System Relate

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Multiple Choice

How does the modern notion of the automatic system relate to the Freudian idea of the unconscious mind?

• A)They are completely unrelated ideas because of the physiological versus psychological bent of each.
• B)They address opposite but complementary parts of the mind.
• C)They both address the same part of the mind, but differ in their view of how this part functions.
• D)They describe the exact same construct physiologically and psychologically.

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