PSY 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anorectic, Formication, Adobe After Effects

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 1101
• Professor: Najwa Haddad

Document Summary

Hypnosis: social interaction between hypnotist and subject, cooperation necessary. Induction: feeling sleepy/ relaxed: suggestion: hypnotist makes suggestions to subject. Experience major changes in perception, reality motivation etc . Posthypnotic suggestion: made during hypnosis, subject carries suggestion with them after session. Posthypnotic amnesia: suggestion made during session that subject will forget something after the session. Majority of people are moderately hypnotizable, small amounts are very susceptible and small amounts are very resistant. Stable trait ability to be hypnotized doesn"t change with time. Does not mean they are gullible, have a crazy imagination or are a psychopath. Related to ability to become super involved in an activity. Some of what happened under hypnosis is not solely unique to it. No does not make you more talented but can increase concentration. Do not revert to child-like state, simply playing the role of a child instead. No they are not, some fake but most do not, brain scans support this.