4.6 Other States of Consciousness

By the end of this section, you will be able to:

  • Define hypnosis and meditation
  • Understand the similarities and differences of hypnosis and meditation

Our states of consciousness change as we move from wakefulness to sleep. We also alter our consciousness through the use of various psychoactive drugs. This final section will consider hypnotic and meditative states as additional examples of altered states of consciousness experienced by some individuals.

This lesson has no exercises.

The content of this course has been taken from the free Psychology textbook by Openstax