___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ PSYCHOLOGY ___________________________________ (8th Edition, in Modules) David Myers ___________________________________ ___________________________________ PowerPoint Slides Aneeq Ahmad Henderson State University Worth Publishers, © 2007 ___________________________________ 1 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Hypnosis ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Module 19 ___________________________________ 2 ___________________________________ Hypnosis ___________________________________ Hypnosis ___________________________________ Facts and Falsehoods ___________________________________ Is Hypnosis an Altered State of Consciousness? ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 3 Psychology 8 ed., David Myers Module 19 PowerPoint Slides, Aneeq Ahmad 1 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. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Hypnos: Greek god of sleep ___________________________________ 4 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 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. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ http://www.general-anaesthesia.com ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Franz Mesmer (1734 ‐ 1815) 5 ___________________________________ Aspects of Hypnosis ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 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. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 6 Psychology 8 ed., David Myers Module 19 PowerPoint Slides, Aneeq Ahmad 2 ___________________________________ Hypnotic Feats ___________________________________ Strength, stamina, perceptual and memory abilities are similarly affected in hypnotized and unhypnotized people. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 7 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. ___________________________________ Can hypnosis enhance recall of forgotten events? No. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 8 ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Facts and Falsehood ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 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. ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 9 Psychology 8 ed., David Myers Module 19 PowerPoint Slides, Aneeq Ahmad 3 OBJECTIVE 19‐3| Give arguments for and Is Hypnosis an Altered State of Consciousness? consciousness. ___________________________________ 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) ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ 10 ___________________________________ Both Theories ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________ Mimi Forsyth ___________________________________ 11 Psychology 8 ed., David Myers Module 19 PowerPoint Slides, Aneeq Ahmad 4
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