1. Unit 5 (C): Hypnosis Mr. McCormick A.P. Psychology

2. Do-Now (Discussion)  What is hypnosis?  How effective do you think it is?

3. 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

4. Hypnosis Hypnos: Greek God of Sleep

5. Hypnosis  What kind of individuals can most easily experience the full effects of hypnosis?

6. Hypnosis  Can hypnosis force people to act against their will?

7. Hypnosis: Facts and Falsehood Those who practice hypnosis agree that its power resides in the subject’s openness to suggestion. Can anyone experience hypnosis? Yes, to some extent. Can hypnosis enhance recall of forgotten events? No.

8. Hypnosis: Facts and Falsehood Can hypnosis be therapeutic? Yes. Self-suggestion can heal too. Can hypnosis alleviate pain? Yes. Lamaze can do that too. Can hypnosis force people to act against their will? No.

9. Hypnosis  Hypnosis may begin with putting the patient in a trance

10. 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

11. Hypnosis in Therapy  What are some other examples of posthypnotic suggests that hypnotherapists might use? might use?

12. 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

13. Explaining the Hypnotized State

14. 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.

15. 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”