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Title: Hypnosis


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Hypnosis
  • Created by Toma Vasilevskyte

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Content
  • History of hypnosis
  • Definition of hypnosis
  • Process of hypnosis
  • Uses of hypnosis
  • Capability to be hypnotized
  • Theories of hypnosis
  • Stages of hypnosis
  • Social constructionism

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History of hypnosis
  • The Hindus of India claim that they started
    hypnosis method and used it as a cure for health.
  • The first recognizable practitioner of hypnosis
    was Franz Anton Mesmer
  • The main hypnosis discoveries came in 1842 when
    James Braid started to learn more about its
    effects.

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Definition of hypnosis
  • Hypnosis is a trance-like state in which a person
    becomes more aware and focused and is more open
    to suggestion. It is induced by other person. A
    state in which one can access creativity, retrace
    certain inhibitions, reprogramme patterns and
    work with pain relief.
  • Being hypnotized is usually characterized by
    intense concentration,extreme relaxation, and
    high suggestibility.

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Process of hypnosis
  • Person must be relaxed, agree to be hypnotized
    and use his full imagination.
  • The hypnotist must instill a person that he is
    getting tired and his eyes are getting heavier.
  • A person is asked concentrate his view on one
    thing and look carefully, in this way eyes
    muscles will get tired sooner.

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Capability to be hypnotized
  • People who cant be hypnotized
  • People who dont want to be hypnotized
  • Children, mental patients
  • People with poor intellect
  • Other people more or less are capable to be
    hypnotized

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  • People whose imagination is very big is more open
    to hypnosis.
  • Stenfords scale is used to evaluate persons
    capability to be hypnotized. A hypnotist tells
    person to swing and according to its intensity
    we can say weather he is deep or low hypnotised.

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Uses of hypnosis
  • To cure allergy
  • To eliminate addictions
  • To drop various fears
  • Sometimes in court
  • Helps to relax
  • Find some points about ones past
  • Free of physical pain.

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Theories of hypnosis
  • Social constructionism and role-playing theory
  • Dissociation and neodissociation theories
  • Neuropsychological theory of hypnosis
  • Hypnosis as a conditioned process leading to
    sleep
  • Hypersuggestibility theory
  • Informational theory
  • Systems theory

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Social constructionism
  • Robert Baker claim that what we call hypnosis is
    actually a form of learned social behavior.
  • People just behave the way they imagine a
    hypnotized person would act

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references
  • http//www.hypnosis.com/ (The cultural origins of
    the concept of hypnosis, unknown author ,
    2007-10-28)
  • http//skepdic.com/hypnosis.html (Spanos,
    Nicholas , hypnosis 2007-10-28)
  • http//www.lizdas.lt/skeptic/hipnoze/hipnoze.htm
    (skeptic, hipnoze, 2007-10-28)
  • http//www.soften.ktu.lt/tomablaz/azina/index.php
    ?akcijaklatsastema2KL_KODAS48 (Kas tai yra
    hipnoze? Ar ji kenkia mogui? Ka mogus jaucia
    hipnozes metu?, 2007-10-28)
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