With regard to whether consciousness is binary or not, remember that even with normal human beings who we all deem to be conscious, it's easy to see people acting in ways that they cannot easily explain. Whereas some people are far more conscious about why they act the way they do. After all this is primarily how therapy works. To make you see how previous experiences effect who you are now and the way you act.
Less developed animals will be influenced more by the stimuli that they sense directly.
Less developed animals will be influenced more by the stimuli that they sense directly.
