itp hypnosis Flashcards
State of consciousness in which a person is especially susceptible to suggestion
hypnosis
4 steps of hypnosis
- focus on command
- relax and focus their breathing
- let go and accept suggestions
- use imagination
Using induction methods the client goes into a state of relaxation
light trance
a deepened state of relaxation wherein they are totally immersed to accept suggestions
deep trance
experienced a heightened and deeper state of relaxation and becomes more suggestible to command
medium trance
hypnotists often make use of people’s willingness to believe that something ordinary is extraordinary. T/F
T
what can hypnosis not do? (SEM-BCP)
- superhuman strength
- enhance memory
- back to childhood
- past life
what can hypnosis do? (CaRp-AsHr)
- create amnesia
- relief pain
- alter sensory perception
- help relax
Items that would appear on a hypnotic susceptibility scale (MCe-FOP-LNNS)
- movement of body back and forth
- close eyes and not open them
- fingers locked together
- one arm locked in position
- posthypnotic suggestion respond
- loss of memory
- name forget
- nonexistent stimuli
hypnosis can cause false-memory retrieval. T/F
T
hidden observer
hypnosis as dissociation
divided state of conscious awareness
dissociation
produced state of dissociation
hypnosis as dissociation
social cognitive explanation on hypnosis
hypnosis as social role-playing
not in an altered state but playing the role expected of them in the situation
social role-playing
stages of hypnosis
light, medium, deep trance
psychoactive drugs are the only way to alter one’s state of consciousness. T/F
F
Pleasure center
Communicate via neurotransmitter dopamine
mesocorticolimbic dopamine system
Pathways between ventral tegmental area and nucleus accumbens
Mesolimbic pathway
Site for rewarding effects of natural rewards (eating, drinking, sex) and drug effects (euphoria, pleasure)
Mesolimbic pathway
Chemical substances that alter thinking, perception, and memory
Psychoactive drugs
May experience withdrawal, physical symptoms like nausea, pain, tremors, crankiness, and high blood pressure
Physical dependence
A person’s body becomes unable to function normally without a particular drug
Physical dependence
Decrease response to a drug due to over repeated use leading to the need for higher doses to achieve the same effect
Drug tolerance
Occurs as the body becomes conditioned to the level of the drug
Drug tolerance
belief that the drug is needed to continue a feeling of emotional or psychological well-being
A very powerful factor in continued drug use
psychological dependence
Drugs that increase the functioning of the nervous system
stimulants
stimulants
- amphetamine (synthesized)
- cocaine
- nicotine
- caffeine
Stimulants that are synthesized in laboratories rather than being found in nature
amphetamine
ex. of amphetamine
Benzedrine, Dexedrine, Methamphetamine, speed, Ritalin
Natural drug derived from the leaves of the coca plant
cocaine
Highly addictive producing a feeling of euphoria, energy, power, and pleasure, and can cause convulsions and death
cocaine