PSYC 2000 Chapter : Chapter 4 HW
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Chapter 4 consciousness: what is consciousness, define consciousness, waking consciousness. Consciousness is your awareness of everything that is going on around you and inside your own head at any given moment, which you use to organize your behavior, including your thoughts, sensations, and feelings. Waking consciousness is a state in which people"s thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized, and they feel alert: define altered state of consciousness. List 3 different examples of an altered state of consciousness: the biology of sleep define biological rhythms, circadian rhythm. An altered state of consciousness occurs when there is a shift in the quality or pattern of your mental activity. Thoughts may become fuzzy and disorganized and you may feel less alert, or your thoughts may take bizarre turns, as they so often do in dreams. Sometimes being in an altered state may mean being in a state of increased alertness.
