UNIT 5 STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS Module 22 Understanding Conscious and Hypnosis

Defining Consciousness States of Consciousness  Sleep  Awake  Altered

Hypnosis Hypnotic Induction: You’re getting very sleepy…… Hypnosis: social interaction whose subject responds to suggestions that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, and behaviors will occur “spontaneously”

FAQ’s about Hypnosis Can Anyone Experience Hypnosis? – Postural sway – Susceptibility Can Hypnosis Enhance Recall of Forgotten Events? Can Hypnosis Force People to Act Against Their Will?

FAQ’s Cont. Can Hypnosis Be Therapeutic? – Hypnotherapists – Posthypnotic suggestion Can Hypnosis Alleviate Pain?

Explaining the Hypnotized State Hypnosis As a Social Phenomenon  Social Influence Theory: subjects get caught up in role. **Authoritative person in a legitimate context can influence people to perform unlikely acts—hypnotized or not. Hypnosis as Divided Consciousness  Hilgrad—involves special dual-processing  Dissociation: split in levels of conscious (ice bath study)  Selective Attention: reduced brain activity that processes painful stimuli *not blocking messages, blocks the attention to them