Myers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)HypnosisSlide 3Slide 4Slide 5Slide 6Explaining HypnosisMyers EXPLORING PSYCHOLOGY (6th Edition in Modules)Module 16HypnosisJames A. McCubbin, PhDClemson UniversityWorth PublishersHypnosisHypnosisa social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occurHypnosisPosthypnotic Amnesiasupposed inability to recall what one experienced during hypnosisinduced by the hypnotist’s suggestionHypnosisOrne & Evans (1965)hypnotized group told to dip hand in fake acid, then throw the “acid” in assistant’s facecontrol group instructed to “pretend”unhypnotized subjects performed the same acts as the hypnotized onesHypnosisPosthypnotic Suggestion suggestion to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotizedused by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviorsHypnosisDissociationa split in consciousnessallows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with othersHidden ObserverHilgard’s term describing a hypnotized subject’s awareness of experiences, such as pain, that go unreported during hypnosisExplaining
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