HYPNOTIC INVOLUNTARINESS - A SOCIAL COGNITIVE ANALYSIS

被引:77
作者
LYNN, SJ [1 ]
RHUE, JW [1 ]
WEEKES, JR [1 ]
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[1] OHIO UNIV,COLL OSTEOPATH MED,ATHENS,OH 45701
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10.1037/0033-295X.97.2.169
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
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The experience of involuntariness is a hallmark of hypnosis. A framework for understanding involuntary experiences that draws from social psychological and cognitive perspectives on hypnotic responding is presented. There are at least 5 reasons to reject the hypothesis that hypnotic responding is automatic and involuntary: (a) Hypnotic responses have all of the properties of behavior that is typically defined as voluntary. That is, they are purposeful, directed toward goals, regulated in terms of subjects' intentions, and can be progressively changed to better achieve subjects' goals. (b) Hypnotizable subjects can resist suggestions when resistance is defined as consistent with the role of a good hypnotized subject. (c) Hypnotic behaviors are neither reflexes nor manifestations of innate stimulus-response connections. (d) Hypnotic performances consume attentional resources in a manner comparable with nonhypnotic performances. (e) Hypnotic subjects' cognitive activities clearly demonstrate their active attempts to fulfill the requirements of hypnotic suggestions, which include experiencing suggestion-related effects as involuntary.
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页码:169 / 184
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