...The idea of hypnotism is a controversial topic, as some people believe it is all an act and others believe it's real. The conclusion that was made about hypnosis was that people had to be willing to be hypnotized to fall into this altered state of consciousness. Hypnosis has only come to society's attention in the late eighteenth century when a man named Anton Mesmer created this technique of mesmerism. Although one of the main uses of hypnosis was for parlour tricks, it does have three main practical usages as well. Using age regression on someone who has troubles with their self-identity can use hypnosis to aid with psychological issues in adults. Hypnotic analgesia is also used to lessen the pain some people have from past experiences. Lastly,...
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...Brainwashing in Brave New World In today’s twenty-first century society, citizens appear to be fairly content with life. They have a materialistic mindset and possesses a false faith in the government. In his novel, Brave New World, Aldous Huxley creates a world with a hidden uncanny resemblance to today’s society. The motif of Brainwashing is used by the government in several forms throughout the read, such as drugs, hypnotism and physical torture, to manipulate the public. The World State in the novel uses drugs and alcohol to control the human mind. For example they compare drunkenness to happiness when Huxley tells us, “There was a thing called heaven, but all the same they drink enormous amounts of alcohol” (Huxley 173). The government...
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...Remove Vashikaran Vashikaran, as the name suggests is the term used for a process through which one individual hypnotize the other person. vashikaran is done by various methods. It can be done either by using some objects like hair of the person, or clothes of the person, by looking straight into the eyes of that person, or any other technique of hypnotism. Such vashikarn techniques are used to divert a person’s heart and mind. It is used to overpower an individual’s heart and mind , which might create troubles for the controlled individual. The vashikaran process is a Tantrik practice which has negative influence on the society. If anyone in your contact in suffering under the adverse effects of Vashikaran, you can remove its effect by...
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...What is Hypnosis? Definition: Hypnos was the Greek god of sleep and his name gives us the words 'hypnosis' (a particular mental state) 'hypnotism' and 'hypnotherapy' (related processes). It also gives us the familiar pharmacological term 'hypnotic' for a drug used to induce sleep. Hypnosis is "a special psychological state with certain physiological attributes, resembling sleep only superficially and marked by a functioning of the individual at a level of awareness other than the ordinary conscious state." One theory suggests that hypnosis is a mental state (Encyclopaedia Britannica 2004), while another theory links hypnosis to imaginative role-enactment. Hypnosis is in fact, a communication between the conscious and subconscious mind. It is a natural state of mind experienced as a trance. How hypnosis manifests itself can be very different from one individual to another. History: Hypnotic states of consciousness are said to be the many ways we attempt to understand ourselves and the world around us. Hypnosis was/is used as a purpose of healing and is part of almost every culture. The first recordings were some 5000 years ago in ancient Egypt – Saqqara. Here laid an important healing centre where ailing persons were led to the temple of sleep, a journey in search of a healing from the gods. This involved the ingestion of herbs, reciting hours of chants/prayers. The individual was then led to this special chamber to sleep and await a dream; that would...
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...What is Hypnosis ? Describe the psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in hypnotherapy. To many people the word hypnosis will often conjure up images of swinging fob watches and dramatic stage shows where people are compelled to behave in strange ways. Whilst very entertaining, the popular performance of stage hypnosis is very different to the essence of modern hypnosis and is mainly responsible for many misconceptions about hypnotism and hypnotherapy. (Waterfield 2004) In order to understand modern hypnosis, it is necessary to look to the past in order to identify and trace its origins. Waterfield writes about examples from history thought to be an indication of early hypnosis in many different cultures, including ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, India and even Australia, but dismisses many of these as unrelated and unproven in many cases. Modern hypnosis in the Western Hemisphere is believed to have started with Franz Anton Mesmer. Born in Iznang, which is now part of Germany, in 1734, Mesmer studied philosophy, theology, music, maths and law before deciding on a medical career. He worked extensively in Vienna and as a result of influences by the mystic physician Paracelsus he began to develop ideas of an invisible fluid in the body which affected health. Initially, he used magnets to manipulate the fluid and ‘magnetise’ his patients. Healing sessions with individual patients progressed to group sessions and Mesmer came...
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...In A Separate Peace, John Knowles uses Gene’s journey and his encounters with multiple levels of war to teach readers that war carries lasting effects on Gene of his interpersonal, internal, international relationship with himself and the other characters in the novel. By all means, Gene’s internal relationship with Finny would be jealously because he would always seem to one up Gene.“It was hypnotism. Was beginning to see that Phineas could get away with anything. I couldn’t help envying him that a little”(25)This quote demonstrates Gene’s internal friendship because it shows that Gene was wanting to be just like Finny and wanting to have the same characteristics as him. He is being desirous towards Finny but he knows he can’t be him. This...
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...the Revolutionary War? How has United States censorship changed over the decades? Is the Civil Rights movement an ongoing occurrence? What was Britain’s view of India during British rule? What were the views on PTSD during different United States wars? What is the ongoing affect of the New Deal? What is the ongoing affect of the Civil Rights movement? What were the factors in the China-Tibet conflict? What were the little-know conservative U.S. movements? Any of them sound exciting? They should be! Research papers are trying, but they also have the ability to be very rewarding. Think about it. A simple psychology paper has the opportunity to be… All about the concept of sexuality. An insightful view into the medical uses of hypnotism. A study of the validity of positive thinking strategies. A look into the use of Pavlov’s conditioning in children. A study on the development of memory. A view of home life and its affect on child development. A concentration on the impact or relevancy on depression. A look into adolescent psychology. An adventure into the idea of the ‘self.’ The affects of exposure to violent imagery. There’s even more intriguing questions to be answered! Good topics for research papers – topics that are original, unique, insightful, intriguing topics – don’t have to be hard to find. To help...
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...psychology (experiments/interviews) 3. What the goal of psychology was (treatment/way to understand people) Branches of Psychology 1. Psychoanalysis – studies where it all came from/originated • Believes it is unconscious thoughts that make you who you are – Helps to predict behaviour • Unconscious Thoughts – thoughts you are not aware of • Childhood is the key to life and who you are • Children have natural desires • Childhood desires get “bottled up” • Believes that childhood memories that get “bottled up” come back to haunt you later in life • Sexual desire is “bottled up” in teens • Believes that troubled adults are people who have not approved of their childhood • Not very scientific Ways of Study • Dream Interpretation • Hypnotism • Free Association 2. Behaviourism – studies conscious thoughts and actions • Also believes childhood is crucial • Takes what you say seriously • Believes that you learn to behave in a certain way – you are conditioned to act a certain way • All behavior is learned – can be re-learned • Through rewards and punishments, you can train people to do/say what you want • Problem – Makes humans seem like animals • Ex. Bully Psychology Behaviourism • Would believe that the bully was abused as a child • “Lashed Out” • Believe that they learned to be a bully • Abused at home •...
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...‘What is Hypnosis’ describe the psychological aspects of hypnosis and discuss the role of relaxation in Hypnotherapy. In this essay I am going to give a definition of what hypnosis is and what it isn’t. I will look at the nature of hypnosis and its role in society. I will give details of how and where hypnosis began and give some detail about the history. I will also discuss the psychological and physical aspects of hypnotherapy, including the important role of relaxation and how you can achieve it. This essay will show how effective hypnosis can be if a person is willing for it to work. Hypnosis is perceived very differently to different people. Some people will simply laugh at the theory of hypnotherapy and will refer to it as ‘Hypnotism’ that is performed on people in the same way as famous people in the media such as Paul McKenna or Derren Brown may perform it. Within science there is no debate as to whether hypnosis exists or works. Some people have strong beliefs in Hypnosis where as a percentage of people will simply say that it doesn’t work. It is true that it may infact not work for certain people. Only recently in this country has it started to gain wide acceptance from both the public and medical profession. I had the opinion that by the click of a finger somebody could be put into a hypnotic state, I now have the understanding of how important relaxation is and how we need to understand our client’s needs in order to help them to relax. It is difficult to define...
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...investigative tool if the hypnotists do an ethical job. There are problems that exist, such as, leading questions. This works similar to a leading question in a court case. In this setting the client is in a vulnerable state of mind, which makes it easier to give false testimony. Another problem that exists is debate in the ability of the conscious mind to be present during hypnosis. Some psychologists say an individual will not say things they don’t want to hypnotize or not. Does hypnosis increase or increase the error rate of a testimony? This is another question raised in forensic psychology. I would also like to explore the judicial laws on hypnosis. The United States have 2/3 of the states legislatively against the use of hypnotism in a court of law. This still leads to conflict as far as individuals Constitutional Rights. As a whole in this paper I would like to discuss the role of hypnosis in forensic psychology. I would also like to explain the role it plays in clinical psychology, so that I can portray a better understanding of the technique is a relaxed content. I will incorporate person experience and insight to hypnosis. I will examine the use of hypnosis for eyewitness testimony; the positives...
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...Introduction Hypnotherapy has often been associated with being strange and mysterious, curing people by unknown means. In order to explain what hypnosis is, this essay will be considering both the psychological and the physiological aspects of hypnosis. It will start with a brief history of hypnosis before explaining a person’s different states of mind and how these states of mind can be measured. It will then go on to discuss the importance of relaxation as a technique in order to establish the necessary state of mind of a client for hypnosis. The client being in this state of mind can then be used to make the beneficial changes that an individual may wish to make in their thought patterns, their behaviors or their physiological state through suggestion. By discussing the psychological and physiological aspects of hypnosis, the essay will reach a conclusion of “what is hypnosis?” Psychology of Hypnosis Historically, hypnosis could not be explained, it seemed that people were being cured by unknown means. Mesmer in the1770s believed that these unexplained cures were down to the laws of magnetism, placing magnets on patient’s bodies or filling tubs with water and iron rods that induced convulsions during his therapy. He believed that the convulsions released a block that a patient had in their fluid flow. Mesmer’s therapy, known as mesmerism, was observed by the Marquis de Puysegur who witnessed that the patients were falling asleep and that he could talk to them...
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...blissfully happy. In the Fall, Gene begins to feel drawn towards something he thinks is unreachable, and he believes Finny is the tempter who is tempting him towards the bad feelings he has. The beginning of Fall is when their relationship starts to turn bad. When Finny and Gene are at the ocean together, Finny confesses his ‘love’ of Gene, but Gene doesn’t answer. Later, when Gene wakes up, the author describes the waves as dead. “The ocean looked dead too, dead gray waves hissing mordantly (48)”. The waves are a metaphor for Gene pushing away his true feelings about Finny. They were old, but needing to get attention. In the Garden of Eden, God acts like the waves. He constantly reminds Adam and Eve who they really are so there is no hypnotism that could brainwash them. God says, ““Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?”. Gene and Finny choose to jump out of the tree together, yet something unexpected happens. The narrator says, “Finny, his balance gone, swung his head around to look at me for an instant with extreme interest, and then he tumbled sideways, broke through the little branches below and hit the bank with a sickening, unnatural thud. It was the first clumsy physical action I had ever seen him make.” (60). The idea of the two rivers at Devon is just like Gene jostling the branch, he turns into a different person. Finny and Gene compare to each river. Finny is the salt river, and Gene is the other one, and...
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...| | |(2154 words) | |WHAT IS HYPNOSIS? | |Assignment 1 | | | | | | | | | What is Hypnosis? Introduction The purpose of this assignment is to explore the question of what is Hypnosis? To better understand hypnosis in our world today it is useful to explore the history of hypnosis and how this has influenced the modern theory and practice. Describing the various psychological and physical aspects of hypnosis. Finally...
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...in an elevator with Tammy, she was talking about cotton balls, and I had tears coming from my eyes. There comes times when I want to get my nails done, and when I finally get to go they would have to saturate the entire cotton ball, in order for it to be used on me. I learned that some people suffer so bad that they cannot open their own mail, medicine bottles or even use Q-tips, even refuse to wear certain types of cotton clothes. Some think this fear mostly develops during childhood or some traumatic experience had to have happened. But that's not always the case, as in my situation I didn't have a traumatic situation or horrible encounter, it's something that just happened to me & has stuck with me every since I can remember. Hypnotism is the known treatment for the fear of cotton balls. Gradual exposure or desentitization therapy is also proven to help treat some individuals. But as they say, what works on some might not work on you. Everyone is different & suffers differently. I've been asked how will be a nurse if you can't deal...
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...its own kind of science. Today, psychology is largely defined as "the study of behavior and mental processes". The eleven founders of psychology all had great ideas and theories that developed throughout the years. John Watson was inspired by Ivan Pavlov’s work but instead of studying the digestive and blood circulation system like Ivan Pavlov he was more intrigued by the idea of behaviorism. Watson first began the study on animals and later on children. He discovered that children and animals will act a certain way depending on the situation. Watson was not amused by Sigmund Freud theories of heredity being a part of how someone would act, but Freud did not only specialize in heredity but also in the nervous and brain system. He tried hypnotism but realized that patients will talk by just being in a comfortable atmosphere. B.F Skinner like John Watson studied behaviorism. “He believed everything we do and are is shaped by the by our own experience of punishment and reward.” Abraham Maslow was sure that feeling love, belonging, and acceptance would only lead you to something greater in life but he question those who did not feel love, belonging, and acceptance he wondered how did they fulfill their life with happiness. Like Abraham Maslow, Harry Harlow was intrigued by the idea of feeling love. He wondered how one begins to feel love then discovers that at birth when children are unable to take care of their own they begin to depend on their mother, they begin to feel love...
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