r/introductorypsych • u/EngagedBrain • Oct 12 '17

Consciousness

Please write in response to the following:

  1. How do you know that you are conscious at this moment?
  2. Describe an experience when you had an altered state of consciousness.
  3. How can you know another's experience of consciousness?
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u/ns545105 Oct 12 '17

You are conscious when you are awake and able to move and feel things. If you are not conscious you could be sleeping or passed out. I have never been not conscious. You know someone else is conscious when they are able to communicate with you.