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psych U5M22
consciousness and hypnosis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| consciousness | our awareness of ourselves and environment |
| what are the two states of spontaneous altered consciousness? | dreaming, drowsiness |
| what are the two states of psychologically induced altered consciousness | hallucinations, food/oxygen starved |
| hypnosis | a condition in which people appear to be highly suggestable and behave as if in a trance |
| posthypnotic amensia | |
| posthypnotic suggestion | instructions given to a person under hypnosis to be carried out after the subject isn't hypnotized (to control symptoms) |
| social influence theory | 1) hypnosis is not an altered state 2)some ppl are more easily affected by hypnotic suggestion 3)thesbians/volunteer bias: some ppl pretend to by hypnotic, but believe it is real |
| dissociation | hypnosis causes us to divide consciousness into 2 parts 1)obeys hypnotist 2)hidden, silent observer |
| what does the power of hypnosis rely on | it relies in the subject's openness to suggestion and their ability to focus on certain images or behaviors |
| what are 2 therapeutic uses of hypnosis | treat obesity, relieve pain |
| what factors related to hypnotic ability are associated with highly hypnotizable people? | highly suggestable people: vivid imagination, absorbed in music, reading, daydreaming, gullible |
| altered states of consciousness | temporary change in one's normal mental state (person's sense of self or sense of the world changes) |
| ex of altered states of consciousness | sleep, meditation, prayer, hypnosis |
| preconscious | info that is not conscious, but if you think about it, you can be conscious about it |
| subconscious/unconscious | is a reservoir of unacceptable thoughts, feelings, memories of which we are unaware of but which influences behavior |
| nonconscious | bodily processes of which we aren't aware of (hair gorwing, firing of neurons) |
| meditation | attention is wholly on one thing , focus on a peaceful, reptivie stimulus; slows metabolism and helps you to feel relaxed |
| controlled processing | we are aware of what we are doing |
| automatic processing | performing tasks mechanically (brushing teeth, washing hands) |
| sensory awareness | to be aware of sensations and stimuli around you (when we are new to things; bottom-down; selective attention) |
| direct inner awareness | aware of thoughts, images, emotions, things inside yourself |
| sense of self | we are aware of ourselves and our existence (unique) |
| effectiveness of hypnosis? | not too effective on memory; you can bring back memories but it is not always accurate, hypnotize into knocking out when administering anesthsia |
| zen | respiration (direct attention) |
| transcendental | mantra (focus on a sound/image) |
| sufism | frenzied dancing/prayer |
| biofeedback | a system of monitoring and feeding back info about biological processes |
| ex of biofeedback | headaches, heart rate, blood pressure |
| sensory deprivation | condition where subjects cannot see, hear, or touch anything |
| benson theory? | you need 4 elements for relxation 10 quiet environment 2)comfortable position 3)"mental device" (something to focus on) 4)positive attitude--be willing to be suggestable |
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allyson.lee
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