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Consciousness: a definition A. Consciousness and Control · Nature of consciousness · Degrees of consciousness · Modes of consciousness · Natural state of consciousness o Sleep o Dream · Altered state of consciousness o Meditation o Hypnosis · Psychoactive Drugs B. Conditioning, Learning and Memory · Classical conditioning · Operant conditioning C. Remembering and Forgetting · Various act of remembering · Attitudes that affect remembering · Stages of memory o Short term memory o Long term memory · Retrieval Process and improving memory A. Consciousness and Control Consciousness - is a psychological and physiological state in which we are aware of our sensations, perceptions, feelings, thoughts, etc. consciousness is awareness of something, including oneself. When studying sensation and perception (but also memory and reasoning) people study consciousness, because these activities occur in a conscious state. Wundt was the first to state that the task of psychology is to study consciousness, i.e., sensations that occur in a conscious, aware state. James (1890) defined consciousness as a stream i.e. consciousness is continuous, can change direction or focus, has depth (we can be fully