Question

Consciousness is defined in your text as _____. A. an awareness of oneself and one's surroundings B. mental representations of the world in the here and now C. ordinary and extraordinary wakefulness D. any mental state that requires thinking and processing of sensory stimuli

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. an awareness of one's self and one's surroundings

Step-by-step explanation:

Consciousness is defined, in general terms, as the knowledge that a being has of itself and its surroundings. It can also refer to morality or the normal reception of stimuli from inside and outside by an organism.

There is debate about what exactly conscience consists of. In the area of artificial intelligence, the idea of creating machines or programs complex enough to give rise to an artificial consciousness has been worked on, but some have denied the possibility that a computer can give rise to something genuinely indistinguishable from a consciousness.