AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -(1977). Divided consciousness: Multiple controls in human thought and action. New York, NY: Wiley), Ernest Hilgard became convinced that we all have another being sharing our lives. Hilgard termed this entity the hidden observer.

Detailed explanation-2: -The ‘hidden observer’ was Hilgard’s metaphor for the hypnotic subject’s continuous subconscious registration of the actual stimulus state of affairs and descriptive label for the means by which this information can be accessed (Hilgard, 1973, 1977, 1992a, 1992b).

Detailed explanation-3: -The hidden observer theory by Ernest Hilgard assumes that a separate consciousness is formed in an individuals mind during hypnosis which is capable of observing the individual.

Detailed explanation-4: -Janet (1901, 1907) originated the concept of désagrégation [dissociation] to explain hypnosis and hysterical disorders, both of which he interpreted as suggestive phenomena.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hilgard’s Neodissociation theory of hypnosis is a classic ‘state’ theory. It proposes that hypnotic phenomenon are produced through a dissociation within high level control systems. Essentially, the hypnotic induction is said to split the functioning of the executive control system (ECS) into different streams.