EQ: WHAT IS HYPNOSIS?

BELL RINGER: READ “FALSE BELIEFS ABOUT

HYPNOSIS” AND ANSWER QUESTION.

ALSO ANSWER….DO YOU BELIEVE IN HYPNOSIS

OR THINK IT COULD WORK? WHY OR WHY

NOT.

HYPNOSIS

State of altered attention

and awareness in which a

person is unusually

responsive to suggestion

PRACTICAL USES

Effective way to help people relax

and reduce physical pain

Not always effective in quitting

smoking because nicotine is addictive

Hypnosis reading

THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS

Neodissociation theory: Altered state in which

two streams of consciousness operating at the

same time-one actively responding to suggestions

and the other passively observing

Social influence theory-normal state of

consciousness in which people act the way they

think hypnotized people are supposed to act

VIDEOS

Ellen Degeneres video-which

theory do you think is true of Elle?

Why?

Hypnotized video-does it work for

you?