Consciousness Unit 3 Lesson 1

Objectives Define consciousness Define consciousness Identify various level of consciousness Identify various level of consciousness Explain differences between naturally and artificially altered states of consciousness. Explain differences between naturally and artificially altered states of consciousness.

Warm Up What is consciousness? What is consciousness? Degree of awareness of ourselves & the environment. Degree of awareness of ourselves & the environment.

Activity Consciousness- Truth or Fiction? Consciousness- Truth or Fiction? –Based on what you know, or think you know, indicate whether each statement is truth or fiction

Two Areas of Consciousness Conscious awareness Conscious awareness Altered states of consciousness Altered states of consciousness

Levels of Conscious Awareness Conscious Level Conscious Level –Mental events requiring full awareness, alertness, concentration and focus –“Task at hand” Nonconscious Level Nonconscious Level –Little awareness or attention needed for mental processing/action to take place –“Automatic pilot”

Levels of Conscious Awareness Preconscious Level Preconscious Level –Mental events outside current awareness that can be brought into consciousness voluntarily –“File cabinet” Unconscious Level Unconscious Level –Freudian concept of subconscious –Hidden desires or memories existing in the mind but unavailable to consciousness –“Classified”

Levels of Conscious Awareness Unconsciousness Unconsciousness –Total lack of sensory awareness of and response to environment –Fainting, anesthesia, TKO, traumatic brain injury (coma, vegetative state) –“Clueless”

Altered States of Consciousness Shifts from our normal waking state of consciousness Shifts from our normal waking state of consciousness Common characteristics Common characteristics –Critical thinking is inhibited! –Altered perception!

Altered States of Consciousness Naturally Induced Naturally Induced –Hypnosis –Meditation –Sleep (deprivation) –Pain, fever, shock –Exhaustion –Daydreaming –Sunbathing –Extreme sports –Sex –Whirling Dervish – 8314&q=Whirling+Dervish&hl=en &q=Whirling+Dervish&hl=enhttp://video.google.com/videoplay?docid= &q=Whirling+Dervish&hl=en Book of Highs Book of Highs –Edward Rosenfeld Artificially Induced Artificially Induced –Alcohol –Drugs

Closure Why is consciousness a personal thing? Why is consciousness a personal thing? Depends on focus of attention, perceptions, important/irrelevant, values, familiar/unfamiliar, etc… Depends on focus of attention, perceptions, important/irrelevant, values, familiar/unfamiliar, etc…

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