Essays Tagged: "hypnotist"

Hypnosis In Psychology

used amongst psychologists today. The authoritarian approach focuses primarily on the power of the hypnotist over his/her subject. The out-dated though still used, standardized approach, is rather li ... nd thus are utilized for different practices.The authoritarian approach emphasizes the power of the hypnotist. This approach, spawned by Mesmer and others, is still widely exploited by stage hypnotist ...

(4 pages) 173 0 4.1 Dec/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Hypnosis

tic trance is that hypnotized person becomeseasily influenced by the suggestions others-usually the hypnotist. They retain their abilitiesto act and are able to walk, talk, speak, and respond to quest ... ns; but their perceptions canbe altered or distorted by external suggestions. At the command of the hypnotist, subjectsmay lose all feeling in a place on the body, and any kind of pain will not cause ...

(5 pages) 168 0 4.6 Nov/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

"Briar Rose", by Anne Sexton - Analysis

of Briar Rose. After this psychedelic section of a girl, Briar Rose, who keeps "slipping off into a hypnotist's trance" (lines 4-6), Sexton begins telling the tale. Once Sexton gets into the tale, mos ...

(2 pages) 42 0 3.7 Feb/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Van Helsing

ly bonkers ginger Dutch guy into cutting off chicks' heads and stuffing their mouths with garlic. A hypnotist evangelist with a pocket full of Communion wafers. But good old Hammer Horror cheerfully i ...

(5 pages) 37 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

This is a book report on the theme of rooms in Edward Bellamy's novel Looking Backward. The original question asked us to delve into hidden messages in the book.

West had this room constructed because of his troubles with sleeping; in fact he had to hire a hypnotist to put him in a trance for him to sleep. The only problem being that the trance brought hi ...

(3 pages) 35 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Altered state of mind

o suggestions and visualizations to affect change. It is a very neat procedure because if applied a hypnotist can help break bad habits or even retrieve black outs of sorts. It can help solve crimes b ... rtain scene that happened and pause it and tell more about what happened. The deep state allows the hypnotist to explore ones subconscious. It can help them achieve goals that they them selves can not ...

(2 pages) 35 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

The value of therapeutic hypnosis

nication. For some, it is mere child's play, a particular form of entertainment where a domineering hypnotist makes a susceptible subject act ridiculously. Many, however, see its positive effects that ... Conversely, a lower level of expectancy was associated with a lower level of responsiveness to the hypnotist. For example, a subject may be more apt to work hard with the hypnotist at achieving the t ...

(24 pages) 96 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology