PSYCH 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4.3: Hypnosis, Suggestibility, Religious Ecstasy
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4. 3 what is altered consciousness: a person"s consciousness naturally varies over the course of the day. Hypnosis is induced through suggestion: hypnosis: a social interaction during which a person, responding to suggestions, experiences change in memory, perception, and/or voluntary action. Evidence indicates this can at least subtly influence behavior: hypnosis primarily works on those who score high on standardized tests for hypnotic suggestibility. Suggestibility is more related to tendencies to get absorbed in activities, to be easily distracted, and to have a rich imagination than to intelligence or gullibility. Those who are frightened at the thought of hypnosis or are skeptical of hypnosis are not likely to be hypnotized: theories of hypnosis. Sociocognitive theory of hypnosis: hypnotized people act as they would expect hypnotized people to act, even if their expectations are faulty. Neodissociatoin theory of hypnosis: hypnosis is a trancelike state in which conscious awareness is separated, or dissociated, from other aspects of consciousness: hypnosis for pain.
