Editing Subconscious (section)

==Scholarly use of the term==
The word ''subconscious'' represents an anglicized version of the French ''subconscient'' as coined by
John Norris, in "An Essay Towards the Theory of the Ideal or Intelligible World” (1708):
"The immediate objects of Sense, are not the objects of Intellection, they being of a Subconscient [subconscious] nature." A more recent use was in 1889 by the psychologist [[Pierre Janet]] (1859–1947), in his doctorate of letters thesis, ''Of Psychological Automatism'' ({{Langx|fr|De l'Automatisme Psychologique}}.<ref>{{cite book |last=Janet |first=Pierre |year=1899 |title=De l'Automatisme Psychologique |trans-title=Of Psychological Automatism |url=https://archive.org/details/lautomatismepsyc00jane |language=fr |access-date=7 July 2020}}</ref> Janet argued that underneath the layers of critical-thought functions of the [[Consciousness|conscious]] mind lay a powerful awareness that he called the subconscious mind.<ref name="Henri F. Ellenberger 1970">Henri F. Ellenberger, ''The Discovery of the Unconscious'' (1970)</ref>

In the strict psychological sense, the adjective is defined as "operating or existing outside of consciousness".<ref name="Henri F. Ellenberger 1970"/>

Locke and Kristof write that there is a limit to what can be held in conscious focal awareness, an alternative storehouse of one's knowledge and prior experience is needed, which they label the subconscious.<ref>Locke, Edwin A.; Kristof, Amy L. (1996). "Volitional Choices in the Goal Achievement Process". In Gollwitzer, Peter M.; Bargh, John A. (eds.). The Psychology of Action: Linking Cognition and Motivation to Behavior. Guilford Press. p. 370. {{ISBN|9781572300323}}. Retrieved 2014-12-08. "By the 'subconscious,' we refer to that part of consciousness which is not at any given moment in focal awareness. At any given moment, very little (at most, only about seven disconnected objects) can be held in conscious, focal awareness. Everything else - all of one's prior knowledge and experiences - resides in the subconscious."	Compare memory.</ref>