PSYCH 111 Chapter 8: Reading 8 Acting As If You Are Hypnotized
17 May 2016
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Original title: acting as if you are hypnotized. Original place of publication: research communications in psychology, psychiatry, and. Behavior, 7, 199-213: questions addressed in original study: (list the 2 5 most important questions addressed in the original study) Is hypnosis a unique state of consciousness: findings of original study: (list the 2 5 most important findings of the original study) People perceive themselves to be in a different state of consciousness because they interpret their behavior under hypnosis as being caused by something other than one"s self. People believe that the hypnosis ritual creates expectations in participants, which in turn motivate them to behave in ways that are consistent with their expectations. Whether participants interpret their behavior to be voluntary or involuntary depends on the way the suggestion from the person who is doing the hypnosis is worded. Hypnosis is making a person lose common sense and believe in your words as they are stated.
