THE PSYCHOLOGY OF EMOTIONS
STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS
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guides people’s actions when they are hypnotized.
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counters the effects of hypnosis.
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remains aware of what is going on during hypnosis.
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gives signals to the hypnotist.
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Detailed explanation-1: -This hidden observer during hypnosis is able to observe themselves and their pain without having to directly experience any negative feelings themselves. Patients who are being analgesically hypnotized and are ‘under’ reporting not pain when asked if a hidden part of them could feel their pain.
Detailed explanation-2: -His research on the hidden observer during hypnotic pain management was intended to provide support for his neodissociationist theory. This theory held that a person undergoing hypnosis can still observe his or her own pain without consciously experiencing any suffering.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Treatment Overview. Hypnosis is a state of focused concentration during which a person becomes less aware of their surroundings. Hypnotherapy is the use of hypnosis to treat physical or psychological conditions.
Detailed explanation-5: -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’.