PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hilgard’s experiment that demonstrated the presence of the hidden observer is evidence for which theory of hypnosis?
A
role theory
B
levels theory
C
dissociation theory
D
state theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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.

Detailed explanation-2: -The “hidden observer” was introduced as a metaphor to describe a memory structure based on information that the person had registered and stored in memory without being aware that the information had been processed (Hilgard, 1973b, 1977).

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Quick Reference. In a person who is hypnotized, a part of the mind that functions separately, experiencing things of which the hypnotized person appears to be unaware.

Detailed explanation-5: -The social cognitive theory of hypnosis states that the individual in a hypnotic state performs the social role of a hypnotized individual.

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