AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which choice is the claim from Dissociated theory about hypnosis?
A
Unconscious process of mind
B
Similar to sleeping brain pattern
C
Psychological biased over perception
D
Separate brain consciousness state
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Divided consciousness is a term coined by Ernest Hilgard to define a psychological state in which one’s consciousness is split into distinct components, possibly during hypnosis.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hypnosis can be seen as ‘a waking state of awareness, (or consciousness), in which a person’s attention is detached from his or her immediate environment and is absorbed by inner experiences such as feelings, cognition and imagery’.

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