Awareness

From Geography

Awareness is the ability to perceive the world around you and to be consious of (spatial) actions who take place in space and place. If an actor is aware of the world around him/here, doesn't necessarily mean that this actor will understand what is going on. Awareness, more broadly, can be defined as a state or quality of being aware of someting. A popular understanding withing the field of research on awareness is self-awareness. This is the ability of human beings to reflect on their own behaviour and thoughts and the capacity to look at themselves as an individual in a society of other individuals.

References

Ferrarri, M. & Sternberg, R.J. (1998). Self-awareness: its nature and development. New York, NY: Guilford Press. Wikipedia. (2012)

Awareness. (2012). Find date october 23rd 2012, on Wikipedia, via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awareness

Self-awareness. (2012). Find date october 23rd 2012, on Wikipedia, via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-awareness

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Published by Marjolein Kouwenhoven, october 23rd 2012