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Module 19
UNIT 2 Understanding Consciousness and Hypnosis
Term | Definition |
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Consciousness | our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment. |
Hypnosis | a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will spontaneously occur. |
Posthypnotic Suggestion | a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors. |
Dissociation | a split in consciousness, which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others. |