Hypnosis & Mind-Wandering - Chapter 5

Question 1

Hypnosis

Answer 1

• A procedure of inducing a heightened state of suggestibility
• Not a distinct state of consciousness

Question 2

Hypnotic Suggestions

Answer 2

• Ideomotor:
  
  • Actions to be performed
• Challenge:
  
  • Actions not to be performed
• Cognitive-Perceptual:
  
  • Prompt remembering/forgetting or altered perceptions

Question 3

Theories of Hypnosis

Answer 3

1. Dissociation Theory
2. Social-cognitive Theory

Question 4

Dissociation Theory

Answer 4

• Explains hypnosis as a unique state in which consciousness is divided
  
  • Driving on “Autopilot”

Question 5

Social-cognitive Theory

Answer 5

• Emphasizes the degree to which beliefs and expectations contribute to increased suggestibility
  
  • Conform to expectations

Question 6

Applications of Hypnosis

Answer 6

• Effective addition to treatment
  
  • Medical treatments
  • Acute pain relief
• Hypnosis originally used to recover memories
  
  • Leads to recovery of false memories
  • Cannot be used as evidence in courts

Question 7

Mind-wandering (Losing Track of Our Thoughts)

Answer 7

An unintentional redirection of attention from the current task to an unrelated train of thought

Question 8

The Idle Mind Never Rests

Answer 8

• Default Mode Network
• Abnormal DMN activity linked with certain psychlogical disorders

Question 9

Default Mode Network

Answer 9

A pattern of brain activity associated with self-reflection, introspection, autobiographical memories, and future thinking