Consciousness

This unit includes the following chapters.

“Consciousness” gives an understanding of the scientific approaches to comprehending consciousness.

“The Unconscious” gives an understanding of the importance of unconscious processes, important historical thoughts about unconscious processes, important psychological experiments on the unconscious, and the distinction between consciousness and attention.

“Sates of Consciousness” explains the different levels of consciousness and how they can affect behavior in a variety of situations, and explores the role of consciousness in other, “altered” states such as hypnosis and sleep.