Hypnosis - Henderson State University

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PSYCHOLOGY
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(8th Edition, in Modules)
David Myers
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PowerPoint Slides
Aneeq Ahmad
Henderson State University
Worth Publishers, © 2007
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Hypnosis
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Module 19
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Hypnosis
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Hypnosis
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ƒ Facts and Falsehoods
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ƒ Is Hypnosis an Altered State of Consciousness?
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OBJECTIVE 19‐1| Define hypnosis, and note Hypnosis
some similarities between the behavior of hypnotized people and that of motivated unhypnotized people. http://iddiokrysto.blog.excite.it
A social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur.
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Hypnos: Greek god of sleep
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Mesmerism
Credit for hypnosis’ popularity goes to Franz Anton Mesmer, a physician, who mistakenly thought he had discovered “animal magnetism.” Some of his patients experienced trancelike states, and felt better on waking up.
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http://www.general-anaesthesia.com
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Franz Mesmer (1734 ‐ 1815) 5
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Aspects of Hypnosis ___________________________________
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1. Posthypnotic Suggestion: Suggestion carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized. ___________________________________
2. Posthypnotic Amnesia: Supposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosis.
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Hypnotic Feats
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Strength, stamina, perceptual and memory abilities are similarly affected in hypnotized and unhypnotized people.
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OBJECTIVE 19‐2| Discuss the characteristics of Facts and Falsehood people who are susceptible to hypnosis, and Those who practice hypnosis agree that its power resides in the subject’s openness to suggestion.
evaluate claims that hypnosis can influence people’s memory, will, health, and perception of pain. Can anyone experience hypnosis?
Yes, to some extent.
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Can hypnosis enhance recall of
forgotten events?
No.
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Facts and Falsehood ___________________________________
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Can hypnosis force people to act
against their will?
No.
Can hypnosis be therapeutic?
Yes. Self-suggestion
can heal too.
Can hypnosis alleviate pain?
Yes. Lamaze can
do that too.
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OBJECTIVE 19‐3| Give arguments for and Is Hypnosis an Altered State of Consciousness?
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Courtesy of News and Publications Service, Stanford University
1. Social Influence Theory:
Hypnotic subjects may simply be imaginative actors playing a social role.
2. Divided Consciousness:
Theory: Hypnosis is a special state of dissociated (divided) consciousness (Hilgard, 1986, 1992).
against hypnosis as an altered state of (Hilgard, 1992)
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Both Theories
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Mimi Forsyth
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