PSY 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hypnotic Induction, Hypnosis, Psy

• School: Tunxis Community College
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 111
• Professor: Percy

Document Summary

Hypnosis state of heightened suggestibility in which some people are able to experience imagined test suggestions as if they were real. Hypnotic induction process by which one person leads another person into hypnosis. Involuntary control and behaving against one"s will: behaviour seems involuntary, studies show that those pretending to be hypnotized will commit same actions that those truly hypnotized will. Physiological effects and physical feats: hypnotized people with allergies can be exposed to certain allergens and, if told that it is harmless, most will not have an allergy, can also be seen without hypnosis. Pain tolerance: hypnosis can act as an anesthetic, producing analgesia (an absence of pain) Hypnosis and memory: hypnotic amnesia can be temporarily produced. Hypnosis viewed as an altered state involving a division of consciousness. Person simultaneously experiences two streams of consciousness that are cut off from one another: Second stream (part of consciousness that monitors behaviour) remains in the background but is aware of everything.