Psychology 201 question help?
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Why is consciousness important in psychology?
I don't know the exact answer. But I will tell what I think correct.Being conscious about our mental states, emotions, thought patterns, etc. are very important to lead a good life. Cognitive behavioral therapy speaks about a model which emphasizes about thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and physiological changes. Each of these influence each other and this model is known as the Padesky and Mooney model. For example, you are going through a rough patch of your life. Instead of becoming motivated to solve the issues, you have invested your time on thinking about all the negative outcomes that you will get, if you cannot succeed. Such thinking is irrational and most people have this kind of thinking, because they forget the reality; instead they give priority to irrational unrealities. Such thought patterns affect our emotions; our emotions affect our behaviors; and all these can affect our physiology. We can break this vicious cycle by being mindful or conscious about who we are. Through such consciousness we can fight with the irrationality of disturbing thoughts. Then we can replace them with rational ones. Also the cognitive learning theory believes that good thought patterns lead to good outcomes. This is highly emphasized in self-efficacy theory. So being conscious about our strengths and the reality is simply essential to eliminate irrationality.Just an Idea.
According to psychology, are we "conscious" in deep sleep?
FriendsAs we are conscious in our waking period,we are not conscious in deep sleep.But still there is some faint level of consciousness is present even during deep sleep/deep coma as against death,where there is no consciousness present at all,leaving behind dead body.Unless some minimum mandatory consciousness is present/available to body,body functions do not remain viable,to keep on “living state”going on.There are four different levels of consciousness,out of four,1 st state of consciousness is observed during http://sleep.2 nd state is observed during waking period in us.These two states are given by nature or they are results of conscious evolution.A man is free to evolve from here,to raise his current waking consciousness to higher consciousness.ThanksQ guru
Help me with a couple psychology questions? (=?
According to the biopsychological approach, dreaming occurs because of the A. random firing of neurons. B. dreamer's unconscious wishes or urges. C. effects of sleep disorders. D. dreamer's circadian rhythms. According to Freud’s Levels of Consciousness, at which level did Freud place thoughts? A. Conscious B. Preconscious C. Unconscious D. none of the above According to Freud’s Levels of Consciousness, fearing a terrorist attack would be placed at what level of consciousness? A. Conscious B. Preconscious C. Unconscious D. Self-awareness If you could help, that would be awesome! I've got all of them except these three! =D
Can anyone help me with a psychology question?
This is all about the classic state/non-state debate in hypnosis. Hilgard's dissociated control (divided consciousness) theory (a state theory) posits that hypnosis splits a person's consciousness into multiple streams that aren't aware of each other. It explains findings like a hypnotised person being able to block out a painful experience and feel no pain, but still be able to rate how strong the pain stimulus is. Social-cognitive theories (social influence theory - a non-state theory) argue that hypnosis is more like a role that people play (although importantly, they might not be doing it consciously/deliberately). These social theories are useful in explaining how how people are exquisitely sensitive to the suggestions, and the contexts of different situations - hypnosis isn't the same thing every time for every person. Crudely put, these theories pay more attention to people's beliefs & expectations than the 'state' theories. Both state and non-state theories are useful when explaining aspects of the hypnotic experience. On its own neither seems adequate to explain everything about hypnosis. There's lots more about hypnosis theories here: http://www.hypnosisandsuggestion.org/scientific-theories-of-hypnosis.html And about the state/non-state debate here: http://www.hypnosisandsuggestion.org/state-nonstate.html
If yoga nidra is consciousness in deep sleep, why we don't experience the same state every night in the deep sleep phase?
Because we don’t recognize pure consciousness, we identify with form and merely sensory consciousness and mental consciousness.Here is an analogy:Even though deep space is filled with the light of billions of stars, it appears dark, because light itself is invisible unless it is reflected off of some form. Unless the light is reflected of an object, be it a space-station, an astronaut, a moon or satellite, an asteroid, or a planet, we cannot see light unless we look directly at the source, like a star. The only reason that the atmosphere lights up in the daytime on Earth is because it is made of air which reflects light and is illuminated. Here is a picture of the Moon in the daytime:Just like light, we only recognize consciousness when it illuminates a sensory object or a mental object. We don’t really experience consciousness directly because we identify with form. So when our senses and mind are withdrawn in deep sleep we lose touch with consciousness because we don’t recognize it.However, when one recognizes pure consciousness, instead of darkness or nothingness, their deep sleep is bright and lit up.
Is deep sleep a pure form of consciousness?
Yes, I am not authorised to say this, but from the book of my Guru, Truth Expounded - Sri Krishna Menon, printed in Texas, in 1959, it is proved ! He explains about waking state, dream state and deep sleep state, and this book is all about question and answers, taped, typed and approved by the Guru and according to his will, the book was published. Copies not available, but you can find in internet.
When sleeping, are you still conscious?
People have varying levels of consciousness while sleeping. Someone can just walk into my room and I'll instantly wake from the miniscule amount of noise but I can kick my friend Tristan in the chest and he keeps sleeping. While your consciousness may be in question for how much each person retains you still react to the world while asleep like how you can wake with goosebumps during a cold night. A difference between being "Knocked out" and sleeping is that you cannot be awoken from a knock out. You brain or spinal column had suffered a hard enough blow to render you unconscious so you cease all mental activity, but you can still congregate work functions with your organs, very different from when you are sleeping. So, you are still conscious while sleeping, because your body and brain are still reacting to the outside world at full capacity. In fact, some people can even wake themselves from the REM movement the the projected images from their memories and come back into the world. I hope this has helped you with you question! -Elohim <(^_^<)
How do I escape consciousness?
I think It is just like our shadow. I do not think shadow will go away. Or you can try while sleeping.
Is sleep walking conscious?
In my experience yes. When I was sleepwalking I dreamt about having killed another person and had to face extreme feeling of guilt. So I ran to my parents and sisters and ripped the doors open when they were asleep in order to get rid of my guilt by sharing what happened. I also sent a rocket with my mother in it to to space and the rocket would never come back. So I raced to my parents who were watching TV at night and told them that mother is gone and they have to help. They tried to persuade me that mom was still there but that didn’t count. So I think I was referring to a mother archetype from Jungian psychology. Often times these states of panic were initiated by finding myself as pure consciousness, totally inert just looking at a scenery or looking as a tree on the landscapes. Later I went full force into the non-dual teachings. Nowadays I like to think that I was born for spirituality.