Module Three Flashcards
What is Psychological Priming?
In basic terms - subtle clues that can influence our unconscious or subconscious mind, causing us to think and act in certain ways.
Many of the things we do throughout the day are actually reactions to random stimulus that occur outside of our conscious mind.
What are the two branches when it comes to NLP or Hypnosis
Overt and Covert.
One means that people are aware of the fact you are hypnotising them or using NLP with them. Covert techniques sometimes called conversational hypnosis, on the other hand, occurs when someone is not aware they are being hypnotised (good for those clients who may be resisting the hypnotic process and can be built into the process of developing rapport).
What are the two ‘Master Keys’ to learning the secret language of covert hypnosis?
Flow & Association
The idea of flow is similar to the concept of a stream encountering obstacles along a mountain path. As long as the path is clear, the stream flows effortlessly. The moment it encounters a rock, the water must change its path.
The unconscious mind is similar in the fact that it often gets side-tracked when the words don’t flow. As a result the mind’s critical factor comes into play. As long as you keep the words and the language flowing smoothly, the principle of logic doesn’t necessarily have to be followed.
As you become more adept at using language and flow, you can start throwing in hypnotic suggestions even if they sound ‘crazy’ to the conscious mind.
What are the Four Words of Power in conversational hypnosis?
AS, BECAUSE, AND and MEANS
There are many words you can use within conversational hypnosis. The four words of power are used all the time as part of your regular conversation. When you use them within the guise of conversational hypnosis, they activate the two Master Keys of Flow and Association.
Using these four words you can actually create unbroken seamless chains of ideas. With these words, people won’t even realise that you’re linking concepts together. As a result, you can speak the language of the unconscious mind, seamlessly associating one idea to the next.
The first obvious way to use the word ‘And’ is within the first command you give someone. When you say ‘Close your eyes AND go into hypnosis’ you are linking the term ‘AND to hypnosis. In reality the words don’t really have anything to do with one another.
What you are really doing with these words is creating a linguistic bridge. The idea behind the words of power is they allow you to seamlessly connect ideas or themes that aren’t normally connected.
What are some of the signs that covert hypnosis is working? (5)
- RELAXATION - do they seem more physically relaxed?
- LACK OF MOVEMENT - Are their movements getting more timid or slower?
- EYES FIXATED ON A POINT - Are their eyes getting glassy or has he eyelid movement changed in some way?
- CHANGES IN BREATHING PATTERNS - Has their breathing shifted, or changed from slow to fast or vice versa
- SKIN COLOUR CHANGES - Are they paler or rosier?
What are the five main ways that we communicate non-verbally?
Body Language
Facial Expression
Personal Space
Physical Contact
Environment
Where do your eyes tend to go when you form a picture you have seen before in your mind?
Up to the Left
(This is about something you have seen before, so you are remembering it - Visual Remembered (VR)
Where do your eyes tend to go when you imagine a picture you haven’t seen before?
Up to the right
(This is about something you have probably not seen before, so your mind is constructing this picture Visual Constructed (VC).
Where do your eyes tend to go when you think about sounds you have heard before?
Laterally, to the left.
(This is about something you have heard before - Auditory Remembered (AR)
Where do your eyes go when you think about sounds you haven’t heard before?
Laterally, to the right.
(This is about something you have not heard before - Auditory Constructed (AC).
Where do your eyes tend to go when you think about feelings or when you talk to yourself?
Down to the left.
(This is about your self-talk - Auditory Digital (AD).
Where do your eyes go when you think about your feelings?
Down and to the right.
(This is about feelings - kinaesthetic (K).
