True or false
consciousness refers to a state of awareness or alertness in which the subject is cognizant of one's environment and self.

The statement is TRUE.

Explanation:

Consciousness is the state or degree of recognition, or, of being aware of an outside objective or something inside oneself. It has been described inconsistently in terms of sentience, perception, quality, subjectivity, the experience to feel or to respond, vigilance, having an insight of selfhood or intellect, the reality that there is something "that it is like" to "have" or "be" it, and the official authority regularity of the mind.

answer; (false);