AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Myth: You’re under the control of your hypnotherapist when you’re hypnotized. Your hypnotist or hypnotherapist guides hypnosis, but hypnosis is something you do for yourself. You can’t be made to do anything against your will. You won’t reveal any information that you wished to remain secret.

Detailed explanation-2: -Summary. Hypnosis is designed to induce a relaxed and suggestible state of mind. Contrary to popular belief, you are always in control and can’t be hypnotised against your will.

Detailed explanation-3: -Choosing someone to be hypnotised If a person doesn’t want to be hypnotised, then they’re unlikely to go into hypnosis. This is because all hypnosis is fundamentally ‘self-hypnosis’ (i.e. it’s a self-generated state). So, you can’t hypnotise anyone against their will, no matter how good a hypnotist you are…

Detailed explanation-4: -While hypnosis has proved to help people with cancer relax, deal with pain, and cope with the treatment, it cannot cure a person of the disease or any other severe disease. Hypnosis Cannot Change a Person’s Appearance. Hypnosis cannot change your appearance. It can only affect your brain and your actions.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP) or the eye roll test, first proposed by Herbert Spiegel, is a simple test to loosely determine if a person is susceptible to hypnosis. A person is asked to roll their eyes upward. The degree to which the iris and cornea are seen is measured.