Experience State

An Experience State is a psychological state that emerges from lived experiences combining cognitive processing, emotional responses, and sensory perceptions.

• AKA: Experiential State, Phenomenological State, Lived Experience State.
• Context:
  • It can typically integrate multiple modalities through unified experience.
  • It can typically shape memory formation through experiential encoding.
  • It can typically influence future behavior through experience learning.
  • It can typically involve subjective interpretation of objective events.
  • It can often generate meaning construction through experience processing.
  • It can often create personal narratives through experience integration.
  • It can often determine quality of life through experience valuation.
  • It can range from being a Simple Experience State to being a Complex Experience State, depending on its component integration.
  • It can range from being a Passive Experience State to being an Active Experience State, depending on its engagement level.
  • It can range from being a Individual Experience State to being a Shared Experience State, depending on its social dimension.
  • It can range from being a Ordinary Experience State to being an Extraordinary Experience State, depending on its uniqueness level.
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• Example(s):
  • Sensory Experience States, such as:
    • Aesthetic Experience State from beauty perception.
    • Pain Experience State from nociception.
    • Pleasure Experience State from reward stimuli.
  • Social Experience States, such as:
    • Connection Experience State from interpersonal bonding.
    • Isolation Experience State from social disconnection.
  • Cognitive Experience States, such as:
    • Flow Experience State from optimal challenge.
    • Confusion Experience State from cognitive overload.
  • Emotional Experience States, such as:
    • Joy Experience State from positive events.
    • Grief Experience State from loss processing.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Unconscious State, which lacks conscious experience.
  • Reflex Response, which lacks experiential processing.
  • Automatic Behavior, which lacks conscious awareness.
• See: Psychological State, Consciousness, Subjective Experience, Phenomenology, Qualia, Emotional State, Cognitive State, Flow State, Peak Experience, Memory Formation.

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