AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Consciousness can be defined as the awareness of our own thoughts, feelings and perceptions (internal events) and our surroundings (external stimuli) at any given moment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Consciousness is your individual awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environments. Essentially, your consciousness is your awareness of yourself and the world around you.

Detailed explanation-3: -Self-consciousness can be defined for an individual as the awareness of his/her own body in a time-space continuum and its interactions with the environment – including others. It also encompasses the awareness that the individual has of his/her own identity, built over time in interaction with others.

Detailed explanation-4: -Paying more attention to the present moment – to your own thoughts and feelings, and to the world around you – can improve your mental wellbeing. Some people call this awareness “mindfulness".

Detailed explanation-5: -Consciousness: organism’s awareness of, or possibility of knowing, what is going on inside or outside itself. Subconscious: Consciousness just below our present awareness.