1. EQ: WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?

2. 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.

3. HYPNOSIS  State of altered attention and awareness in which a person is unusually responsive to suggestion

4. PRACTICAL USES  Effective way to help people relax and reduce physical pain  Not always effective in quitting smoking because nicotine is addictive  Hypnosis reading

5. 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

6. VIDEOS  Ellen Degeneres video-which theory do you think is true of Elle? Why?  Hypnotized video-does it work for you?