Explanation

Question: What is consciousness?  5 marks 

Definition:

• the word 'consciousness' describes perceptual awareness or self-awareness of your unique thoughts, memories, feelings, sensations, and environments
•  the content of consciousness mainly originates from the hindbrain. 

Types of Consciousness

1. Dreams.
2. Hallucinations.
3. Hypnosis.
4. Meditation.
5. Sleep.
6. States induced by psychoactive drugs.

Different levels of human Consciousness

Sigmund Freud divided human consciousness into three levels of awareness. 

Each of these levels corresponds and overlaps with his ideas of the id, ego, and superego. 

1. the conscious
2. preconscious,
3. and unconscious.

Five levels of Consciousness

There are five levels of consciousness:

1. Conscious (sensing, perceiving, and choosing)
2. Preconscious (memories that we can access)
3. Unconscious ( memories that we can not access)
4. Non-conscious ( bodily functions without sensation)
5. and Subconscious ( “inner child,” self-image formed in early childhood).

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