EQ: WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?
BELL RINGER: READ “FALSE BELIEFS ABOUT HYPNOSIS” AND ANSWER QUESTION. ALSO ANSWER….DO YOU BELIEVE IN HYPNOSIS OR THINK IT COULD WORK? WHY OR WHY NOT.
HYPNOSIS State of altered attention and awareness in which a person is unusually responsive to suggestion
PRACTICAL USES Effective way to help people relax and reduce physical pain Not always effective in quitting smoking because nicotine is addictive Hypnosis reading
THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS Neodissociation theory: Altered state in which two streams of consciousness operating at the same time-one actively responding to suggestions and the other passively observing Social influence theory-normal state of consciousness in which people act the way they think hypnotized people are supposed to act
VIDEOS Ellen Degeneres video-which theory do you think is true of Elle? Why? Hypnotized video-does it work for you?