Explain how the theory "the ego is the center of the field of consciousness" may reflect a personal experience or awareness.

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Plsssssss helppppp. Explain how the theory "the ego is the center of the field of consciousness" may reflect a personal experience or awareness. 

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The theory is also known as "Jung's Model of the Psyche" by Carl Jung, a Swiss Psychologist and Psychiatrist. According to him, the center of the field of consciousness is the ego, which is consist of our thoughts, emotions, feelings, memories and human sensations. These are what we aware of in our daily life. Our conscious thinking is because of our self-esteem, and self-image, and knowing the self-important which leads us into our actions. The ego cause into action of our feelings, moods, temperaments and motivations. The concious mind and also unconscious mind comes from ego. Jung explain that the functions of feeling, sensation, thinking and intuition are differ in every individual which relates to extrovert and introvert, which is determined the attitude by the inner and outer world.

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