Chapter 15: Consciousness and Sleep Vocab

Question 1

Phenomenology

Answer 1

The study of individual consciousness

Question 2

Consciousness

Answer 2

A person’s awareness of their environment

Question 3

Full Consciousness

Answer 3

a state of consciousness in which a person is aware of his or her own environment

Question 4

Minimal Consciousness

Answer 4

a relatively fragmented connection between self and environment in which a person might respond to stimulus without being aware of it at a more thoughtful level

Question 5

Nonconscious activity

Answer 5

a process that occurs in the body that people do not have to monitor or regulate (ex: heart pumping, breathing manually, blood flow, etc)

Question 6

Preconscious

Answer 6

usually outside a person’s awareness, but is able to be brought into consciousness on demand

Question 7

Self- Conscious

Answer 7

the most self-aware state of consciousness; it allows a person to focus on his or her individual self

Question 8

Unconscious

Answer 8

consists of experiences, ideas, and motives that are so threatening or unacceptable that a person has permanently removed them from his or her consciousness

Question 9

Altered State of Consciousness

Answer 9

a state characterized by bizarre, disorganized, or dreamlike patterns

Question 10

Sleep

Answer 10

a period of partial or total loss of consciousness that is important for physical and mental health

Question 11

Circadian Rhythm

Answer 11

a series of biological processes that occur over a 24-hour cycle