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HYPNOSIS….

- SUSCEPTIBILITY
- EFFECTS
- STAGE
HYPNOSIS
HYPNOTIC
SUSCEPTIBILITY
• HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY REFERS TO HOW EASILY A PERSON CAN BECOME
HYPNOTISED.
• ABOUT 8 PEOPLE OUT OF 10 CAN BE HYPNOTISED, BUT ONLY 4 OUT OF 10 WILL BE
GOOD HYPNOTIC SUBJECTS. PEOPLE WHO ARE IMAGINATIVE AND PRONE TO FANTASY
ARE OFTEN HIGHLY RESPONSIVE TO HYPNOSIS. BUT PEOPLE WHO LACK THESE TRAITS
MAY ALSO BE HYPNOTISED. HYPNOSIS DEPENDS MORE ON THE EFFORT AND ABILITIES
OF THE HYPNOTISED PERSON THAN THE SKILLS OF THE HYPNOTIST.
• PEOPLE WHO CAN BECOME DEEPLY ABSORBED IN AN INTENSE EXPERIENCE AND
PEOPLE WITH A VIVID IMAGINATION TEND TO BE MORE SUSCEPTIBLE TO HYPNOSIS.
• MANY THEORISTS BELIEVE THAT ALL HYPNOSIS IS REALLY SELF-HYPNOSIS (AUTO
SUGGESTIONS). FROM THIS PERSPECTIVE, A HYPNOTIST MERELY HELPS ANOTHER
PERSON FOLLOW A SERIES OF SUGGESTIONS.
• HYPNOTISED PEOPLE GENERALLY REMAIN IN CONTROL OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR AND
AWARE OF WHAT IS GOING ON.
ERNEST R HILGARD
ERNEST ROPIEQUET "JACK" HILGARD (JULY
25, 1904 – OCTOBER 22, 2001) WAS AN
AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGIST AND PROFESSOR AT
STANFORD UNIVERSITY. HE BECAME FAMOUS
IN THE 1950S FOR HIS RESEARCH ON
HYPNOSIS, ESPECIALLY WITH REGARD TO
PAIN CONTROL. ALONG WITH ANDRÉ MULLER
WEITZENHOFFER, HILGARD DEVELOPED THE
STANFORD HYPNOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY
SCALES. A REVIEW OF GENERAL
PSYCHOLOGY SURVEY, PUBLISHED IN 2002,
RANKED HILGARD AS THE 29TH MOST CITED
PSYCHOLOGIST OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
ERNEST HILGARD ASKED HYPNOTIZED SUBJECTS TO
PLUNGE INTO A PAINFUL BATH OF ICE WATER. ONE PART OF
THE HYPNOTIZED PERSON SAYS THERE IS NO PAIN AND
ACTS AS IF THERE IS NONE. ANOTHER PART WHICH
HILGARD CALLS THE HIDDEN OBSERVER, IS AWARE OF THE
PAIN BUT REMAINS IN THE BACKGROUND. THE HIDDEN
OBSERVER IS THE DETACHED PART OF HYPNOTIZED
PERSON’S AWARENESS THAT SILENTLY OBSERVES EVENTS.
EFFECTS OF HYPNOSIS
• SUPERHUMAN ACTS OF STRENGTH :
HYPNOSIS HAS NO MORE EFFECT ON PHYSICAL STRENGTH.
• MEMORY:
THERE IS SOME EVIDENCE THAT HYPNOSIS CAN ENHANCE
MEMORY.
• AMNESIA:
A PERSON TOLD NOT TO REMEMBER SOMETHING HEARD DURING
HYPNOSIS MAY CLAIM NOT TO REMEMBER .THIS MAY BE NOTHING
MORE THAN A DELIBERATE ATTEMPT TO AVOID THINKING ABOUT
SPECIFIC IDEAS. HOWEVER, BRIEF MEMORY LOSS OF THIS TYPE
ACTUALLY DOES SEEM TO OCCUR.
• PAIN RELIEF:
HYPNOSIS CAN RELIEVE PAIN. IT CAN BE ESPECIALLY USEFUL
WHEN CHEMICAL PAINKILLERS ARE INEFFECTIVE
• AGE REGRESSION:
MOST HYPNOTIZED PEOPLE APPEAR TO “REGRESS” TO
CHILDHOOD. HOWEVER, MOST THEORIES NOW BELIEVE THAT
“AGE- REGRESSED” SUBJECTS ARE ONLY ACTING OUT A
SUGGESTED ROLE.
• SENSORY CHANGES:
HYPNOTIC SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING SENSATIONS ARE THE
MOST EFFECTIVE. IT IS POSSIBLE TO ALTER COLOUR VISION,
HEARING SENSITIVITY, TIME SENSE, AND PERCEPTION OF
ILLUSIONS, SENSE OF SMELL AND MANY OTHER SENSORY
RESPONSES.
STAGE HYPNOSIS
STAGE HYPNOSIS IS OFTEN MERELY A SIMULATION OF HYPNOTIC EFFECTS. T.X BARBER
SAYS THAT STAGE HYPNOTISTS MAKE USE OF SEVERAL FEATURES OF STAGE SETTING TO
PERFORM THEIR ACT.
• WAKING SUGGESTIBILITY: PEOPLE WILL READILY FOLLOW ALMOST ANY INSTRUCTIONS
GIVEN BY THE ENTERTAINER.
• SELECTION OF RESPONSIVE SUBJECTS: ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE FIRST “HYPNOTIZED” AS
A GROUP. THEN ANYONE WHO DOESN’T YIELD TO INSTRUCTIONS IS ELIMINATED.
• HYPNOSIS LABEL DISINHIBITS: ONCE A PERSON HAS BEEN LABELLED “HYPNOTIZED”
SHE OR HE CAN DO ACTIONS WITHOUT FEAR OR EMBARRASSMENT .ON STAGE BEING
“HYPNOTIZED” TAKES AWAY PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONE’S ACTIONS.
• THE HYPNOTIST AS A “DIRECTOR”: AUDIENCE RESPONSE TO ANTICS ON STAGE BRINGS
OUT THE “HAM” IN MANY PEOPLE. ALL THE “HYPNOTIST” NEED TO DO IS DIRECT THE
ACTION.
• THE STAGE HYPNOTIST USE TRICKS: THERE IS ABOUT 50 PERCENT TAKING ADVANTAGE
OF THE SITUATION AND 50 PERCENT DECEPTION. ONE OF THE MORE IMPRESSIVE
STAGE TRICK IS TO RIGIDLY SUSPEND A PERSON BETWEEN 2 CHAIRS.

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