Preview p. Complete the Attitudes Towards Hypnosis Scale

Hypnosis

Hypnosis Altered state of consciousness? Posthypnotic suggestion Posthypnotic amnesia

Hypnotic Theories Role Theory State Theory Hypnosis is NOT an altered state of consciousness. Different people have various state of hypnotic suggestibility. A social phenomenon where people want to believe. Work better on people with richer fantasy lives. Hypnosis is an altered state of consciousness. Dramatic health benefits It works for pain best.

Dissociation Theory Theory by Ernest Hilgard. We voluntarily divide our consciousness up. Ice Water Experiment. We have a hidden observer, a level of us that is always aware.

Drugs

Drugs of Abuse http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/abuse.html

Mouse Party http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html

Drugs Our brain is protected by a layer of capillaries called the blood-brain barrier. The drugs that are small enough to pass through are called psychoactive drugs.

Drugs are either…. Agonists Antagonists Reuptake inhibitors If a drug is used often, a tolerance is created for the drug. Thus you need more of the drug to feel the same effect. If you stop using a drug you can develop withdrawal symptoms.

Stimulants Speed up body processes. More powerful ones (like cocaine) give people feelings of invincibility.

Caffeine Women who regularly consume more than 300 mg of caffeine daily may reduce their chances of becoming pregnant and increase their chances of having a miscarriage or delivering an underweight baby. Some research suggests that people who suffer from anxiety problems tend to feel better when they avoid caffeine.

Depressants Slows down body processes. Alcohol Anxiolytics (barbiturates and tranquilizers)

Alcohol More than 86 billion dollars are spent annually on alcoholic beverages. Alcohol is involved in 60% of ALL crimes. Alcohol is involved in over 70% of sexually related crimes. Is it worth the cost?

Last Friday, April 16, 1943, I was forced to stop my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon and to go home, as I was seized by a particular restlessness associated with a sensation of mild dizziness. On arriving home, I lay down and sank into a kind of drunkenesss which was not unpleasant and which was characterized by extreme activity of imagination. As I lay in a dazed condition with my eyes closed ( I experienced daylight as disagreeably bright) there surged upon me an uninterrupted stream of fantastic images of extraordinary plasticity and vividness accompanied by an intense kaleidoscope-like play of colors. The condition gradually passed over two hours.”

Hallucinogens Psychedelics Causes changes in perceptions of reality LSD, peyote, psilocybin mushrooms and marijuana. Reverse tolerance or synergistic effect

Opiates Has depressive and hallucinogenic qualities. Agonist for endorphins. Derived from poppy plant. Morphine, heroin, methadone and codeine. All these drugs cross the placental barrier….teratogens.

Process p. Assess the following statement: Psychologists should not be concerned with the study of consciousness because consciousness does not involve a measurable behavior.

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