AP Psych: Module 22 Vocab

Twenty-two-year-old Angelina scores high in hypnotic responsiveness as measured by the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale. Research suggests that Angelina may also have an above-average ability to hypnotize others. below-average intelligence. a dependent personality type. difficulty keeping her attention focused on any specific task. a rich fantasy life.

a rich fantasy life

Twenty-eight-year-old Theodore has an irrational fear of dogs. His therapist hypnotizes him and asks him to mentally relive his earliest childhood experience with a dog. The therapist is making use of REM rebound. temporal dissociation. hypnagogic sensations. paradoxical sleep. age regression.

age regression

The school of thought in psychology that systematically avoided the study of consciousness during the first half of the last century was structuralism. functionalism. psychoanalysis. Gestalt psychology. behaviorism.

behaviorism

To move beyond the "hypnosis is social influence" versus "hypnosis is divided consciousness" debate, today's hypnosis researchers are using a unified ________ approach. biopsychosocial activation-synthesis neuroadaptation parallel processing humanistic

biopsychosocial

A split in consciousness in which some thoughts occur simultaneously with and yet separately from other thoughts is called dissociation. narcolepsy. posthypnotic suggestion. withdrawal. paradoxical sleep.

dissociation

People hypnotized for pain relief may show activity in brain areas that receive pain sensations but not in brain areas that make us consciously aware of the pain. This most directly supports the theory that hypnosis involves social influences. dissociation. paradoxical sleep. hallucinations narcolepsy.

dissociation

The divided-consciousness theory of hypnosis states that hypnosis involves age regression. dissociation. obedience to authority role-playing. motivational conflict.

dissociation

Evidence that people in a posthypnotic state have no difficulty remembering everything they had learned while under hypnosis would most clearly serve to challenge Freud's dream theory. social influence theory. the activation-synthesis theory. dissociation theory. withdrawal theory.

dissociation theory

Research has indicated that hypnosis enables some people to undergo surgery with only a local anesthesia. can block sensory input. is a state of unconsciousness, not an altered state of consciousness. is helpful in overcoming alcohol addictions. can force people to act against their will.

enables some people to undergo surgery with only a local anesthesia.

Ernest Hilgard suggested that participants felt little pain when their arms were lowered into ice baths because being caught up in playing the role of a "good subject" they could ignore the pain. they expected that the ice baths would not cause pain. most hypnotized people are consciously faking hypnosis. hypnosis dissociates the pain sensation from the emotional suffering that people expect from pain. the presence of a hypnotist they liked and trusted led them to adopt the "pain control" suggestions.

hypnosis dissociates the pain sensation from the emotional suffering that people expect from pain.

Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis are likely to argue that hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects. most hypnotized people are consciously faking hypnosis. hypnosis is a unique state of consciousness. the process of dissociation best explains hypnotic phenomena. hypnotic susceptibility is positively correlated with introversion.

hypnotized people are simply enacting the role of good hypnotic subjects.

Research indicates that memories retrieved during hypnosis are often accurate indicators of childhood sexual abuse. experienced as being inaccurate even when they are true. accurate recollections of information previously learned. forgotten again as soon as the person awakens from the hypnotic state. often a combination of fact and fiction.

often a combination of fact and fiction

Consciousness is our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment. the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information. effortless encoding of incidental information into memory. the ability to solve problems, reason, and remember. the sudden and often novel realization of the solution to a problem.

our subjective awareness of ourselves and our environment.

While Bev was hypnotized, her therapist suggested that during the next several days she would have a strong desire to eat well-balanced meals. The therapist was apparently making use of activation-synthesis theory. age regression. posthypnotic suggestion paradoxical sleep. posthypnotic amnesia.

posthypnotic suggestion

How did the definition of psychology change when behaviorism began to dominate the field? Psychologists began to concentrate on the development of the self. Advances in neuroscience directed psychologists to the study of brain activity. The idea that unconscious forces shape our behavior became central. Psychology centered on direct observation of our actions. The focus on mental concepts began to reemerge.

psychology centered on direct observation of our actions.

The claim that hypnotic phenomena are regulated by normal conscious processes is associated with the theory that hypnosis reflects the power of neuroadaptation. parallel processing. dissociation. social influence. activation-synthesis theory.

social influence

Hypnotized people are no more likely to perform dangerous acts than those who are asked to simulate hypnosis. This fact is most consistent with withdrawal theory. social influence theory dissociation theory. the activation-synthesis theory. Freud's dream theory.

social-influence theory

Which of the following is true of "hypnotically refreshed" memories? They are produced by people looking for attention. They are the dissociated part of a person's memory. The combine fact and fiction. They are accurate except for minor details. They are difficult to dispute.

they combine fact and fiction

Researchers have demonstrated that hypnosis can be useful in making individuals perform actions they wouldn't do otherwise. enhancing recall of stressful events. recovering childhood memories. treating obesity. helping individuals with drug, alcohol, or smoking addictions.

treating obesity