Chapter IV Consciousness and its Variations Intro: 4.1 Consciousness Your immediate awareness of thoughts‚ sensations‚ memories‚ and the world around you represent the experience of consciousness. William James described consciousness as a “stream” or “river.” Although always changing‚ consciousness is perceived as unified and unbroken much like a stream. Because his idea of structuralism was based off of introspection‚ many of the leading psychologists at the turn of the twentieth century
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STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS Professor. Nelly E. Conde‚ MA Sleep and Dreams What are the different states of consciousness? What happens when we sleep‚ and what are the meaning and function of dreams? Sleep and Dreams What are the major sleep disorders‚ and how can they be treated? How much do we daydream? Consciousness Awareness of the sensations‚ thoughts‚ and feelings we experience at a given moment. Waking consciousness – we are awake and aware of our thoughts‚ emotions‚ and
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psychological treatments for physical disorders are relaxation training‚ biofeedback‚ meditation‚ and hypnosis. Relaxation training is how one is taught to relax their muscles at any given point and time. One can experience a reduction in feelings of anxiety (Comer‚ 2011). Biofeedback is where one is connected to machinery that gives them continuous readings about their involuntary body activities (Comer‚ 2011). Meditation
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States of consciousness Consciousness ▪ Collective term for an individual’s perceptions‚ thoughts‚ feelings‚ and memories that are active at a given moment. Preconsciousness ▪ This is between consciousness and unconsciousness. It refers to memories that are not at the surface or at the top of the mind of a person but can be retrieved at any given time or needed. Unconsciousness ▪ It serves as a store room of these psychological feelings that are no longer accessible. Waking
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LSD. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness or psychological state of altered attention. There are 4 steps in hypnosis‚ first‚ you minimize distractions‚ tell the person to concentrate on something‚ inform the person on what to expect‚ and suggest certain events or feelings. Hypnosis is used to treat somnambulism‚ alcoholism‚ depression‚ suicidal tendencies‚ PTSD‚ migraines‚ overeating‚ diabetes‚ smoking and many others. The last thing chapter 4 talks about is meditation. Meditation is the
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Jung used. Jung was very successful in performing hypnosis on clients; however he stopped doing hypnosis and concentrated on dream work and active imagination. He felt as though hypnosis was too “suggestive”. These techniques were very similar to hypnosis‚ but the language and literature was different (Harman & Zimberoff‚ 2013‚ p.5). The hypnotic trance state that is drifted into is very helpful in solving conflicts of the psyche. Definitions of hypnosis are discussed. It is best described as an altered
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and while the exact answer still eludes us‚ the facts seem to bear out that the mind does have the power to assist in both healing‚ and conversely‚ bringing on "disease" as well. Two such examples of mind and body healing are hypnotherapy and meditation. There are others such as ionization‚ which focuses on thinking positive instead of negative. But first‚ I will describe the reasoning behind the mind-body connection. Psychoneuroimmunology is the name for the study of the min-body connection
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the shamanistic experience is the change to another state of consciousness‚ often called a trance. (Michael J Harner; 1973; p xii). Hypnosis has had many claims made about it. In spite of much scientific research‚ no one yet knows what hypnosis is or how it works; (Bobgan; 1984; p 9) With regard to the possible onset of False Memory Syndrome associated with Hypnosis‚ who or what is the origin of such memories? Evidence suggests that false memories can
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The Second Industrial Revolution changed the society in many ways. Marie Curie‚ Albert Einstein‚ and Sigmund Freud changed the way many people thought about the world through their studies. Zionism‚ feminism‚ racism‚ social darwinism‚ and modernism were very important ideas and acts during this time. Advancements in architecture and technology were big parts of the Second Industrial Revolution. Even though racism was a very serious problem during the Second Industrial Revolution‚ there were many
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1. Consciousness: the process where the brain makes an illustration or diagram of internal and external experiences and situations. 2/8. Tools for studying consciousness are designed to be able to look into the brain and see what regions and areas are active during different mental tasks. Like in Chapter three there was tools like an MRI or PET. For studying consciousness there is Mental Rotation and Zooming in with the mind. These resources aren’t able to show the experience of consciousness
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