PSYCH101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5.2: Ernest Hilgard, Hypnosis, Suggestibility

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYCH101
• Professor: Richard Ennis

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Hypnosis - a procedure of inducing a heightened state of suggestibility. Ideomotor suggestions - related to specific actions that could be performed, such as adopting a specific position. Challenge suggestions - indicate actions not to be performed subject loses ability to perform an action. Cognitive-perceptual suggestions - involve a subject remembering or forgetting specific information, or experiencing altered perceptions such as reduced pain sensations. Hypnosis comes from greek word hypno, meaning sleep Dissociation theory - explains hypnosis as a unique state in which consciousness is divided into two parts; an observer and a hidden observer. Social-cognitive theory - explains hypnosis by emphasizing the degree to which beliefs and expectations contribute to increased suggestibility. Quick quiz - hypnosis: _____________ suggestions specify that certain actions cannot be performed while hypnotized, ideomotor, challenge, cognitive-perceptual, dissociation, dr. johnson claims that hypnosis is a distinct state of consciousness in which there is a.