AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Noticing things that you can see or hear would be considered which level of consciousness?
A
preconsciousness
B
unconsciousness
C
nonconsciousness
D
consciousness as sensory awareness
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is the level of consciousness you are generally most aware of, and it can encompass a variety of elements. For example, introspective consciousness allows our mind to directly focus on experiences in our environments or bodies. We call this phenomenon sensory awareness.

Detailed explanation-2: -The third level of personal consciousness is about feeling secure in your community. To feel secure, we need to feel accepted and respected by our peers and recognized by those in positions of authority.

Detailed explanation-3: -The conscious awareness and interpretation of sensations is called d. perception. This represents the brain integrating incoming stimuli and acknowledging that stimuli as being received. The brain can then execute a motor command if that stimuli is potentially harmful, dangerous, or warrants a response.

Detailed explanation-4: -The conscious mind contains all of the thoughts, memories, feelings, and wishes of which we are aware at any given moment. This is the aspect of our mental processing that we can think and talk about rationally.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels corresponds and overlaps with his ideas of the id, ego, and superego.

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