Hypnosis Research Paper

Hypnosis Hypnosis is a practice designed to enhance human concentration, reduce any form of distraction, and increase responsiveness to alter behavior, feelings, thoughts, and psychological state. Hypnosis on itself is not a therapy, or a treatment. It is a technique used to induce other forms of therapies. Traditional hypnosis was conducted with a practitioner who had the ability to understand how people subconscious mind worked. It used people’s inward focused attention to uncover their subconscious for identification and resolution of what was beyond their conscious control, behavior, somatic tissues and emotional problems. Hypnotherapy was mainly used to help smokers quit smoking. Since it was beyond their control hypnotic power was useful for people with this habit. Other uses included stress management, losing weight, boosting self-confidence, fighting fear and pain management. Hypnotic induction is the process of creating environment for hypnosis to take place. Induction was the processed used to draw the hypnotic victim into unconscious status. Hypnotic suggestibility is the individual differences to become hypnotized. Some people quickly become hypnotized while others take longer. Amnesia is the trace state a person is sent to during hypnosis.
Suggestibility differs in people. People differ in degrees …show more content…
People cannot accurately recall the past events. However, the people who recovery from hypnosis tends to stick to their inaccurate memories. They normally strongly believe in their memories and become convincing. Owing to their stubbornness to change their perceived accurate thinking, it was believed they accurately recall the events before hypnosis. As a result, hypnosis disrupts human memory and creates a rather new mental picture. In an experiment in Ohio State University with over 100 participants, those who were hypnotized could not recall past events accurately. However, they stuck to their beliefs (Hall,