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Do Now. Someone is hypnotized and kills a random person that walks by them. Are they legally responsible for their crime? Should they go to jail ?. Hypnosis. Hypnosis Video. Las Vegas Performance – for fun. What do you think about hypnosis?. It is a form of mind control
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Do Now • Someone is hypnotized and kills a random person that walks by them. Are they legally responsible for their crime? Should they go to jail?
Hypnosis Video • Las Vegas Performance – for fun
What do you think about hypnosis? • It is a form of mind control • It is capable of taking over other people's free will. • It is brainwashing. • It is capable of controlling a person's behavior and judgment. • It is caused by the hypnotist's power. • Hypnosis is possible only upon weak-minded individuals. • Hypnosis is used to treat obesity, anxiety, depression, phobias, fears and habits, such as quitting smoking.
Opinions, Continued • Hypnosis is used to alleviate the pain associated with cancer and other chronic illnesses. • Hypnosis is also used in dentistry to decrease anxieties and make patients feel more comfortable with the dental experience. • Hypnosis is used to treat skin diseases. • Hypnosis is used in the educational field to increase memory and learning capacity as well as focus and energy. • Hypnosis is also used to improve self-esteem and confidence.
Definition • A state of inner absorption, concentration & focused attention • Like a magnifying glass in the sun
Use of Hypnsosis • Memory • Concentration improvement • Forensic work
How it works • 1. Encourage the use of imagination • 2. Present ideas or suggestions to the patient • 3. Avoids the censor of the conscious mind and works with the unconscious
Misconceptions • You won’t forget anything • People are not asleep • You will not reveal information you wish to keep secret
Partner Jigsaw – 5 minutes • ½ of your table will read “What Hypnosis Isn’t” • The other ½ of your table will read “What Hypnosis Is”
As a team… • Share what you have read with each other • Check your answers for questions 1-13
Youtube Clip • 1. Describe the scene. • 2. Which items in your earlier discussions apply to the segment? • 3. According to the reading you have just done, do you think the hypnosis is real? Explain it. • 4. Do you believe it is possible to hypnotize someone like it happened in the segment? Why (not)? • 5. Would you like to be hypnotized? Why (not)? • 6. If you could be hypnotized, what would you like to happen? • 7. In your opinion, is hypnosis really possible? Why?