Human Ability to alter states of consciousness Q. Humans have the ability to change their state of consciousness discuss the functional and dysfunctional consequences of this ability on behavior.

Having the ability to change the state of consciousness or being aware of surround environments can be both a negative and a positive ability to have as a human being. Humans use their various altered states in a daily basis to get through life, from walking consciousness to sleep state to drug altering states. Changing one's state of conscious is an everyday task; some changes are imperative for everyday life, positive states such as daydreaming, …showed first 75 words of 452 total…

…showed last 75 words of 452 total…is the hypnotic state. The hypnosis is when hypnotists suggest to the subject that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. Most psychologists believe that being under hypnosis is being under dissociations between levels of consciousness, again this alter state is beyond one's control, and is useless to the body. Although there are functional or dysfunctional states, the human body is able to control its altering of states through a lot of self-control.