PSYA01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Nicotine Patch, Temporal Lobe Epilepsy, Suggestibility
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A lte re d s tate s of c ons cious ne ss: h yp nos is, me ditatio n, An d disorde rs of cons cious nes s. Humans have the ability to alter where on this continuum they want to reach. Techniques such as hypnosis and meditation are ways of inducing an altered state of consciousness. Experiences such as d j vu highlight the strange, subjective world of conscious experience. Injury and illness can also change a person"s level of consciousness. Procedure of inducing a heightened state of suggestibility. State heightened by suggestibility: the person is in a condition that leaves the individual vulnerable to prompts and suggestions by the hypnotist. According to this definition, hypnosis is about suggestibility. The hypnotist suggests changes and the subjects likely to comply as a result of the hypnosis. Hypnotic suggestions will not change an individual. A hypnotist could suggest something to someone but that will not mean the subject will comply.
