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Psychology-ASC
Definition
Defining Altered States of Consciousness
A perceptual experience that is significantly different in a 'normal' awakened state
Farthing's List of Functions
Time perception
Emotional feeling & expression
Arousal
Self-control
Suggestibility
Body image
Senses of personal identity
Attention
Perception
Imagery/Fantasy
Inner speech
Memory
High level thought processes
Meaning and significance
Method of Induction
Drugs
Substances that crosses the blood-brain barrier and acts on the central nervous system and brain resulting in a change in normal functioning
psychoactive / psychotropic
Hypnosis
Changes occur in normal perceptions without the use of psychoactive drugs
Exceptional Human Experiences
a broad category encompassing psychic visions, hypnotic regression, lucid dreams, peak experiences, and religious/mystical experiences
Responses
- Dismissed as inventions/lies
- Pathological states that need treatment
- Evidence that materialist science is wrong and must be expanded to include the paranormal, the existence of the soul
- They are normal.
Theories of Out of Body Experiences
Dualist
Humans have more than one body
Astral projection
Monist
Occur through imagination
Nothing leaves
Near Death Experiences
Ingredients
- A tunnel
- An OBE
- A brilliant white or golden light
- Positive and loving emotions
- Visions of another world
- Meetings with other beings
- A life review
- The decision to return
Some are peaceful, some are terrifying
Hypnosis
Systematic procedure that typically produces a heightened state of suggestion
General procedure
- Suggest subject relaxes
- Speak softly telling them they are getting sleepy
- Gradually, most subjects succumb and become hypnotized
10% no, 10% very much so
Can everyone be hypnotized?