AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Consciousness is
A
Effortless encoding of incidental information into memory.
B
The sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.
C
Our awareness of ourselves and our environment.
D
The ability to solve problems, reason, and remember.
E
The process of organizing and interpreting sensory information.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Consciousness is our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment. Consciousness is functional because we use it to reason logically, to plan activities, and to monitor our progress toward the goals we set for ourselves. Consciousness has been central to many theories of psychology.

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. This awareness is subjective and unique to you.

Detailed explanation-3: -Consciousness and Awareness Consciousness is a cognitive and dualistic process, whereas awareness is nondual, spontaneous, and nonlocal.

Detailed explanation-4: -Consciousness, via volitional action, increases the likelihood that an organism will direct its attention, and ultimately its movements, to whatever is most important for its survival and reproduction.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are three major aspects of consciousness that any complete theory must deal with: Subjective: What consciousness is like. Functional: What consciousness does, what it is for. Physiological: How consciousness is implemented.

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