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Consciousness
SLU Psy-101 exam 3 review
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Psychology
Undergraduate 1
03/22/2012

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Term
Consciousness
Definition
The awareness of both external stimuli and your own mental activity.
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Conscious level
Definition
Holds the thoughts and mental processes that you are aware of from moment to moment.
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Nonconscious level of Activity
Definition
Includes physiological processes that you are not conscious of.  Training in techniques such as biofeedback can make you conscious of them indirectly.
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Preconscious Level of activity
Definition
Stores sensations, memories, inferences, and assumptions that are not at the conscious level but that can be easily brought into consciousness. 
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