Conciousness- is considered as one of the most important concepts in all psychology.
William James the first American-born psychologist described consciousness as a stream, or everchanging flow of awareness.
Consciousness is devide into two broad areas:
1.) Waking conciousness
2.) Altered State of conciousness
*Waking conciousness - includes a mixture of sensations from the outside world, sensations from the body, memories of the past, thoughts, feelings, perceptions and images, and expectations about the future that occur when we are awake and reasonably alert.
(Coon, 1986; Morris, 1996)- implied in the definition is the complexity of the waking state.
* Altered state of Consciousness (ASC)- is a radical deviation from the overall pattern of functioning of the mind during the ordinary waking state of consciousness such that a new, overall pattern is superimposed on one's experience.
The Following are examples of altered states of conciousness or ways of inducing as ASC:
1. Sleep
2. Dream
3. Hypnosis
4. Meditation
5. Psychoactive drugs
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