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Psychology chapter 5 section 3 : Meditation, Biofeedback, and hypnosis

Psychology chapter 5 section 3 : Meditation, Biofeedback, and hypnosis. Meditation: Narrowing Consciousness. Meditation A method some people use to try to narrow their consciousness so that the stresses of the outside world fade away.

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Psychology chapter 5 section 3 : Meditation, Biofeedback, and hypnosis

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  1. Psychology chapter 5 section 3:Meditation, Biofeedback, and hypnosis

  2. Meditation: Narrowing Consciousness • Meditation • A method some people use to try to narrow their consciousness so that the stresses of the outside world fade away. • All methods of meditation share a common thread- they focus on a peaceful, repetitive stimulus.

  3. Biofeedback: Feeding back information • Biofeedback • A system that provides, or feeds back information about something happening in the body. • Through biofeedback training, people have learned to control certain bodily functions, such as heart rate.

  4. Hypnosis • An altered state of consciousness during which people respond to suggestions and behave as though they are in a trance.

  5. Hypnosis began with the ideas of Austrian physician Franz Mesmer in the late 1700s. • He used magnets to treat his patients. • Doctors today use hypnosis as an anesthetic in certain types of surgery. • Some psychologists use it to help clients reduce anxiety, manage pain, or overcome fears.

  6. How is hypnosis achieved? • Professional hypnotists may put people in a state of consciousness called a hypnotic trance by asking them to focus on something specific. • People who are easily hypnotized are said to have hypnotic suggestibility. • They can focus on the instructions of the hypnotist without getting distracted.

  7. How can we explain hypnosis? • According to Freud, hypnotized people permit themselves to return to childish ways of behaving. • According to role theory, people who are hypnotized are playing a part as if they are in a play. • People with vivid imaginations are especially suggestible to hypnotism.

  8. Is hypnosis Effective? • Hypnosis and Memory • Many psychologists argue that material recalled under hypnosis should not be used as testimony in trials.

  9. Hypnosis and Pain Prevention • Under certain circumstances and with careful application, hypnosis has been used to help people prevent feelings of pain. • Examples: Dentists and surgery.

  10. Hypnosis and Quitting habits • Posthypnotic suggestion • The therapist gives instructions during hypnosis that are supposed to be carried out after the hypnosis session had ended.

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