PSYC AND 100
Assignment 3
SUMMARY
This short video was about a certain concept called ‘conversational hypnosis’. It was a short experiment showing how a person’s memory can change subconsciously. It starts off with the host saying that there is no acting involved in this ‘experiment.’ Basically, the video host wanted to show how subconscious hypnosis can happen through conversation.
A man (Simon Pegg) was instructed a few days before to write what he wanted for a birthday gift and keep the piece of paper he wrote on safe. Now, the host had a plan on hypnotizing him into wanting a BMX bike, and he successfully managed to do so using a technique called covert hypnosis.
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