AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
State in which there is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking consciousness.
A
hypnosis
B
psilocybin
C
altered state of consciousness
D
social-cognitive theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Altered states of consciousness are shifts in the quality or pattern of mental activity.

Detailed explanation-2: -Normal waking consciousness can be loosely defined as the state of consciousness you experience when you are awake and aware of your thoughts, feelings and perceptions from internal events and the surrounding environment.

Detailed explanation-3: -the state in which there is a shift in the quality or pattern of mental activity as compared to waking consciousness is called. sleep.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness: the conscious, preconscious, and unconscious. Each of these levels corresponds to and overlaps with Freud’s ideas of the id, ego, and superego.

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