Answer:
b)
Explanation:
Meditation refers to the act of focusing on a single target to increase awareness of the moment. Any individual can perform meditation by himself/herself.
Some latest researches have shown that a meditative state is not an altered state of consciousness per se <u>but patterns of brain waves represent a unique state of consciousness, thus, it shows qualities both from sleep and wakefulness. </u>
Meditation tries to clear the individual's mind in order to achieve a state of relaxed awareness and focus. Meditation requires that the individual maintains the mind in one static state, but still, by meditating, the individual comes in touch with his/her feelings and let himself/herself feel them and be aware of them but without letting them consume him/her.
From the options given we can see that the one that corresponds to meditation would be
B) As a physiological state, meditation shows qualities of sleep and wakefulness, yet it is distinct from both.
<u>Note: </u>
<u>a) This is the definition of hypnosis were the individual reaches an altered state of mind in which the individual is unusually receptive to suggestions (by the hypnotizer).</u>
<u>c) The meditator actually is not ignorant of his feelings but actually feels them but it's not consumed by them.</u>
<u>d) These two states are not the same, as we said before, a hypnotic state usually requires the presence of other person and the main focus of meditation is to empty the mind while in hypnosis it is to be receptive to suggestions. </u>