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Question 1

consciousness

Answer 1

awareness of objects and events in the external world and our sensations, mental experiences and own existence at any given time.

Question 2

consciousness as a

Answer 2

hypothetical construct becuase it canot be observed but is believed to exist

Question 3

consciousness is

Answer 3

• personal (subjective)
• selective
• continuous (never empty)
• constantly changing

Question 4

states of consciousness

Answer 4

total awareness
NWC
- focused attention
- normal wakefulness
ASC
- daydreaming
- meditative state
- hypnotised
- asleep
- anaesthetized
- coma
total lack of awareness

Question 5

normal waking consciousness

Answer 5

awake and aware of external world and your sensations, mental experiences and existence.
specific info dominates, rest is ignored

Question 6

altered state of consciousness

Answer 6

any that is not NWC in terms of level of awareness
awareness and perception changed
natural or induced

Question 7

role of attention

Answer 7

used to measure awareness and SoC

Question 8

selective attention

Answer 8

attending to one stimuli and excluding others (controlled processes)

Question 9

divided attention

Answer 9

distribute attention between stimuli to undertake multiple tasks (automatic processes)