The Effects Of The Various States Of Consciousness On Behavior

Consciousness is the state or condition of being conscious. A sense of one's personal or collective identity, especially the complex of attitudes, beliefs, and sensitivities held by or considered characteristic of an individual or a group. There are several different stages of consciousness. Waking consciousness, altered states of consciousness and sleep. Waking consciousness is the mental state that includes moving and thinking, along with anything else done while we are awake and alert

the concept to various interpretations (“An Updated Definition,” 2012). Two terms that are often used interchangeably with rape are sexual harassment and sexual assault. Sexual harassment will be defined in this paper as “unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct,” and within this definition, examples include acts such as: sexual jokes, degrading remarks, and inappropriate touching. Sexual assault will be defined as “unwanted behaviors,” not including

condemn it because it is a crime, but it is a crime because we condemn it…” (Taylor, 2011, p. 11). Durkheim believed crime and punishment could not be separated (Burkhardt & Connor, 2015). He defined crime as an action that offends the collective consciousness. “The totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of society (which) forms a determined system with a life of its own” (Burkhardt & Connor, 2015, p.

altered state of consciousness, while others believe that it is simply a product of more mundane processes such as focused attention and expectation (King, 2010, p.98). Both of the above perspectives are applicable and reasonable. Hypnosis is defined as an adjusted state of consciousness, attention and expectation wherea person is unusually responsive to suggestions. According to Shaughnessy (1990), “It is full of seeming paradoxes: It is definitely not sleep, and yet is not really a waking state either;

I am (Descartes, 2008). He believed that because he is a thing that thinks, then he must have some kind of consciousness or awareness of the world. Because he has consciousness, he reasons that he must exist, especially since he is aware that he is a thing that thinks. His physical body, on the other hand, has no awareness. From this stems another critical part of his philosophy which states that the mind and the body are two separate substances. This concept is called dualism. Minds are indestructible

An Integral Theory of Consciousness and RR Ken Wilber (1997) reviewed various dimensions of the theories of consciousness in existing literature and proposes an integral theory that will incorporate most of the prominent existing theories. The theory Wilber proposes is an ‘Integral Theory of Consciousness’. Specifically, he reviews the cognitive science outlooks: introspectionism; neuropsychology; individual psychotherapy; social psychology; clinical psychiatry; developmental psychology; problematic

- Addictive Behavior o Are habits that have gotten out of control, with resulting negative effects on a person’s health. - What is Addiction? o Psychological or physical dependence on a substance or behavior, characterized by a compulsive desire and increasing need for the substance or behavior and by harm to the individual and/or society. - Characteristics of Addictive Behavior 1. Reinforcement- addictive behaviors are reinforcing. Some aspect of the behavior produces pleasurable physical

Some focused on the innermost workings of the mind, such as consciousness and introspection, while others were more interested in its mechanics. Knowing how the field was founded is instrumental in its current applications and how it will continue to be altered and constructed in the future. A system of psychology originally advocated by William Wundt, to identify the components of the mind; Structuralism was organization of consciousness of the mind - the mind could voluntarily order and organize

habituation, or a marked change in consciousness.” As the definition states, drugs are normally thought of as substances taken that alter one’s state of consciousness that produces euphoria such as marijuana, heroin or cocaine. But what about behaviors that also produce euphoria such as eating food, having sex or playing video games? If the definition of a drug depends on a change in consciousness and the possibility of addictive tendencies, then why wouldn’t we include behaviors that produce a euphoria just

Influence on behaviors and Psychological Disorders Outline PSY/103 Influence on behaviors and Psychological Disorders Outline I. Introduction “Recent data estimate the overall prevalence of depression at about 11.1% of the American population, or nearly 35 million individuals (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2011). A predictive models suggest that up to 50% of the population will experience at least one episode of depression during their lives” (Life Extension, 2014). Depression