Fundamentals and Applications of Hypnosis
3
2014-2015
01742072
Psychology
Portuguese
English
Spanish
Face-to-face
6.0
Elective
1st Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
None.
Teaching Methods
Besides expositions by the teacher, several material (video recordings and group discussions) will be used and promoted. Practical exercises will also be promoted.
Learning Outcomes
This course aims to introduce students to the knowledge in an area of Psychology and to psychological techniques that may be of great interest, both for research and for professional practice.
It gives great relevance to history, to the psychological foundations and theories of Hypnosis. The classes also present examples of hypnotic practices.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
History of hypnosis
Theories of Hypnosis
Psychological foundations of hypnosis
Basic techniques of hypnosis
The Model of Pires & Ludeña
Applications of hypnosis
Conclusions.
Head Lecturer(s)
Carlos Manuel Lopes Pires
Assessment Methods
Periodic
Group tasks : 50.0%
Individual papers : 50.0%
Final
Exam: 100.0%
Bibliography
Ajzen, I. (1991). The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, 50, 179-211.
Barnier, A. J., Dienes, Z., & Mitchell, C. J. (2008). How hypnosis happens: New cognitive theories of hypnotic responding. In Nash, M., & Barnier, A. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Hypnosis: Theory, Research, and Practice. Oxford University Press (pp 141-178).
Bowers, K. S. (1993). The Waterloo-Stanford Group C (WSGC) Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility: Normative and comparative data. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis, 41, 35–46.
Wagstaff, G. F. (2010). Hypnosis and the relationship between trance, suggestion, expectancy and depth: Some semantic and conceptual issues. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis, 53, 47-59.
Weitzenhoffer, A. (2000). The practice of hypnotism, vol. 1, NY: John Wiley & Sons.