Unit 5 (C): Hypnosis

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Unit 5 (C)Hypnosis

• Mr. McCormick
• A.P. Psychology

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Do-Now(Discussion)

• What is hypnosis?
• How effective do you think it is?

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Hypnosis

• Hypnosis
• 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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Hypnosis
Hypnos Greek God of Sleep
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Hypnosis

• What kind of individuals
• can most easily
• experience the
• full effects of hypnosis?

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Hypnosis

• Can hypnosis
• force people to act
• against their will?

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HypnosisFacts and Falsehood
Those who practice hypnosis agree that its power
resides in the subjects openness to suggestion.
Can anyone experience hypnosis?
Yes, to some extent.
Can hypnosis enhance recall of forgotten events?
No.
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HypnosisFacts and Falsehood
Can hypnosis force people to act against their
will?
No.
Yes. Self-suggestion can heal too.
Can hypnosis be therapeutic?
Can hypnosis alleviate pain?
Yes. Lamaze can do that too.
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Hypnosis

• Hypnosis may begin with putting the patient in a
  trance

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Hypnosis in Therapy

• Posthypnotic Suggestion
• A suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to
  be carried out after the subject is no longer
  hypnotized used by some clinicians to help
  control undesired symptoms and behaviors
• E.g. Helping clients quit smoking

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Hypnosis in Therapy

• What are some other
• examples of
• posthypnotic suggests
• that hypnotherapists
• might use?

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Explaining the Hypnotized State

• Hypnosis can be explained by biological,
  psychological, and social-cultural influences
• Social Influence Theory
• Hypnotic subjects may simply be imaginative
  actors playing a social role
• Divided Consciousness Theory
• Hypnosis is a special state of dissociated
  (divided) consciousness
• Similar to doodling while listening to a teacher

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Explaining the Hypnotized State
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Review

• What is hypnosis and what are some of its
  purposes?
• How do hypnotherapists put patients into a state
  of hypnosis?
• How do psychologists know that hypnosis cannot
  enable patients to recall forgotten events?
• Differentiate between the Divided-Consciousness
  Theory and the Social Influence Theory of
  Hypnosis.

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Homework

• Unit 5 Quiz States of Consciousness
• Research Study Response 8 Acting as if You Are
  Hypnotized (Pgs. 56-64)
• Unit 5 Test States of Consciousness
• Chapter 7 Outline Learning