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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Baker, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1921-2005. They call it hypnosis. Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, c1990 (OCoLC)556369048 Online version: Baker, Robert A. (Robert Allen), 1921-2005. They call it hypnosis. Buffalo, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, c1990 (OCoLC)608234952 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Robert A Baker |
| ISBN: | 0879755768 9780879755768 |
| OCLC Number: | 21301658 |
| Description: | 313 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | popular misconceptions of hynosis -- A brief history of the concept of hypnosis -- Hypnosis : recent and contemporary views -- What hypnosis is, what hypnosis is not, and what it does and doesn't do -- Hypnosis and pain -- The abuses and misuses of hypnosis : some dangerous games -- The future of hypnosis : unsettled issues. |
| Responsibility: | Robert A. Baker. |
Abstract:
Psychologist Baker traces the history and current status of hypnosis, reviewing the role played by suggestion and examining the major contemporary theories and misconceptions regarding the phenomenon. Current research points to the conclusion that there is no state of altered consciousness produced by hypnosis and that what we term hypnosis is in fact a complex hybrid of social compliance, relaxation, and suggestibility that can account for many esoteric behavioral manifestations, including such occult behavior as past-life regression, UFO "abduction," channeling, and glossolalia (speaking in "tongues").
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