1. DESCRIBE CONSCIOUSNESS 2. ARE THERE DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS? 3. ARE YOU CONSCIOUS WHEN YOU ARE SLEEPING? 4. HOW CAN SOMEONE’S CONSCIOUSNESS BE ALTERED? 5. WHY MIGHT SOMEONE ALTER THEIR CONSCIOUSNESS? 6. WHY DO WE SLEEP? 7. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN ONE DOES NOT SLEEP?

Consciousness as a Construct Today, Psychologists believe that consciousness should be studied because it can be linked to talking and brain waves -Construct= used to talk about something that cannot be seen, touched or measured Ex. Intelligence and emotion

SENSORY AWARENESS = KNOWLEDGE OF SURROUNDINGS THROUGH PERCEPTION Happens often when unusual circumstances or intense stimuli

DIRECT INNER AWARENESS = Being aware of things inside of you Jumping into a lake 1 st Memory First Pet

SELF-CONSCIOUSNESS = AWARENESS OF OUR SELF AND OUR EXISTANCE Kids speak in 3 rd person when young… eventually grow out of it and understand idea of self

LEVELS OF CONSCIOUSNESS: - CONSCIOUS = AWARE/ALERT - PRECONSCIOUS = IDEAS THAT ARE NOT IN IMMEDIATE AWARENESS, BUT YOU CAN RECALL EASILY

UNCONSCIOUS ACCORDINGT TO FREUD, SUBCONSCIOUS = NOT AWARE OR HIDDEN WITHIN.

NONCONSCIOUS – BASIC BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS FINGERNAIL GROWTH HAIR GROWTH PUPILS DIALATE

ALTERED STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS WHEN MENTAL STATE DIFFERS FROM WAKING CONSCIOUSNESS CAN HAPPEN THROUGH: DAYDREAMING SLEEP/DREAMING HYPNOSIS MEDITATION INTOXICATION