PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

Detailed explanation-1: -much of people’s lives are spent in a state called waking consciousness in which their thoughts, feelings, and sensations are clear and organized, and they feel alert.

Detailed explanation-2: -Wakefulness is characterized by high levels of sensory awareness, thought, and behavior. Beyond being awake or asleep, there are many other states of consciousness people experience. These include daydreaming, intoxication, and unconsciousness due to anesthesia.

Detailed explanation-3: -consciousness. the awareness of the sensations, thoughts, and feelings we experience at a given moment. Consciousness is our subjective understanding of both the environment around us and our private internal world, unobservable to outsiders.

Detailed explanation-4: -When we are in normal waking consciousness (NWC) we are awake, alert and aware of our surroundings in a non-distorted manner. We have the ability to control our thoughts and feelings, and to change our behaviours if we wish. This is contrasted with altered states of consciousness (ASC).