AP Psychology: Hypnosis and Consciousness – Flashcards
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hypnotic induction
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process by which the hypnotist brings on a state of hypnosis in the subject
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hypnosis
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a social interaction where the hypnotist suggests to the subject the certain perceptions, feeling, behaviors or thoughts that will spontaneously occur
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postural sway
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indicator of more openness or susceptibility to hypnosis
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hypnotic ability
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the ability to focus attention totally in a task and to become imaginatively absorbed in it
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hypnotherapists
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therapists who try to help patients harness their own healing powers using hypnosis
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posthypnotic suggestion
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a suggestion made by the hypnotist to the subject during hypnosis that is meant to be done after the patient is no longer hypnotized -used to control unwanted symptoms or behavior
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social influence theory
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theory that hypnosis is a social phenomena where subjects act in ways appropriate for their "roles"
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dissociation
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a split in consciousness which allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others -ex doodling while listening to a lecture
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selective attention
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the focusing of conscious awareness on a particular stimulus -helps us to not feel pain -"hypnosis does not block sensory input, but may block our attention to those stimuli" (111).
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near-death experience
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-an altered state of consciousness reported after a close encounter with death (i.e. cardiac arrest) -often similar to drug-induced hallucinations
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aged-regression
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the supposed (and false) ability to relive childhood experiences through hypnosis
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consciousness
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our awareness of ourselves and our environment
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cognitive neuroscience
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the interdisciplinary study of brain activity linked with our mental processes (perception, thinking, language, and memory)
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dual processing
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the principle that information is often simultaneously processed on separate conscious and unconscious tracks
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visual perception track
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a track that enables us to recognize things and to plan future actions
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visual action track
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a track that guides our moment-to-moment actions
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cocktail party effect
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ability to attend to only one voice among many
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inattentional blindness
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failing to see visible objects when our attention is directed elsewhere
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change blindness (blindness)
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failing to notice changes in the environment and denying that you would not notice those changes
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change deafness
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failing to notice a change in the tone of voice of a speaker
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the pop out phenomenon
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when we are drawn to a stimulus because it demands our attention
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perceptual set
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a mental predisposition to perceive one thing and not another
