PSY100H1 Chapter 5: PSY100H1 : PSY100 Chapter 5: 5. Consciousness
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Hypnosis is actually a procedure of inducing a heightened state of sug- gestibility. Ideomotor suggestions are related to specific actions that could be performed, such as adopting a specific position. Challenge suggestions indicate actions that are not to be performed, so that the subject appears to lose the 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 cannot make someone do something against their will but increase the likelihood that subjects will perform simple behaviors that they have thought of before. 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. Explain why people tend to conform to what they have been told to expect. Response expectancy: whether the individual believes the treatment will work.
