BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR
BIOLOGY OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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distracting attention.
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blocking sensory input.
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speeding up the circadian rhythm.
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eliciting delta waves characteristic of deep sleep.
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increasing NREM sleep over time.
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Detailed explanation-1: -hypnosis dissociates the pain sensation from the emotional suffering that people expect from pain. distracting attention.
Detailed explanation-2: -Hypnosis is a state of extreme self-focus and attention in which minimal attention is given to external stimuli. In the therapeutic setting, a clinician may use relaxation and suggestion in an attempt to alter the thoughts and perceptions of a patient.
Detailed explanation-3: -The social cognitive theory of hypnosis states that the individual in a hypnotic state performs the social role of a hypnotized individual.
Detailed explanation-4: -Dissociated Control Theory. According to dissociated control theory, in hypnosis, people’s behavior is. governed less by higher, executive control and more by unmodulated lower. subsystems of control, compared with nonhypnotic circumstances (Woody & Bowers, 1994).
Detailed explanation-5: -Hilgard’s (1986) neodissociation theory, responses are hypothesized to be due to a division of consciousness into 2 or more simultaneous streams, separated by an amnesic barrier that prevents access to suggestion-related executive functions, monitoring functions, or both.