1. DESCRIBE CONSCIOUSNESS 2. ARE THERE DIFFERENT LEVELS

OF CONSCIOUSNESS? 3. ARE YOU CONSCIOUS WHEN YOU

ARE SLEEPING? 4. HOW CAN SOMEONE’S

CONSCIOUSNESS BE ALTERED? 5. WHY MIGHT SOMEONE ALTER

THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS? 6. WHY DO WE SLEEP? 7. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE DOES

NOT SLEEP?

Consciousness as a ConstructToday, Psychologists believe that consciousness should be studied because it can be linked to talking and brain waves

-Construct= used to talk about something that cannot be seen, touched or measured

Ex. Intelligence and emotion

SENSORY AWARENESS = KNOWLEDGE OF SURROUNDINGS THROUGH PERCEPTION

Happens often when unusual circumstances or intense stimuli

DIRECT INNER AWARENESS = Being aware of things inside of you

Jumping into a lake 1st Memory First Pet

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS = AWARENESS OF OUR SELF AND OUR EXISTANCE

Kids speak in 3rd person when young…

eventually grow out of it and understand idea of self

LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS:

- CONSCIOUS = AWARE/ALERT

- PRECONSCIOUS = IDEAS THAT ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE AWARENESS, BUT YOU CAN RECALL EASILY

UNCONSCIOUS ACCORDINGT TO FREUD, SUBCONSCIOUS = NOT AWARE OR HIDDEN WITHIN.

NONCONSCIOUS –

BASIC BIOLOGICAL

FUNCTIONSFINGERNAIL GROWTH

HAIR GROWTH

PUPILS DIALATE

ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

WHEN MENTAL STATE DIFFERS FROM WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS

CAN HAPPEN THROUGH: DAYDREAMING SLEEP/DREAMING HYPNOSIS MEDITATION INTOXICATION