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Kar

Pedagógiai és Pszichológiai Kar

Szervezet

PPK Pszichológiai Intézet

Kód

PSZM21-104:10

Cím

Altered States of Consciousness and Hypnosis

Tervezett félév

Mindkét

Meghirdetve

2024/25/1

ECTS

4

Nyelv

en

Oktatás célja

Aim of the course: Aim of the course: The aim of the course in the master program is to integrate the knowledge from various disciplines in psychology (affective psychology, developmental psychology, cognitive psychology, personality psychology, social psychology) through specific focused topics and to discuss the relevant parts in complexity. The chosen topics include the main disciplines of psychology and may provide further overview to other disciplines, mostly to those of applied psychology. In sum, the previously learned theories are going to be repeated, completed and integrated through topics that may be relevant for students from all specialisations in their further careers. (The specific course descriptions continue with the introduction of the focused topics.) The specific aim of the subject is to show how research into altered states of consciousness - now often called alternative states - contributes to contemporary debates and questions about consciousness and unconsciousness, and to show how altered states of consciousness can be used to improve well-being, alleviate pain and heal, especially through the use of hypnosis. Learning outcome, competences knowledge: - Understand the relevance of the study of altered states of consciousness for approaching and resolving the main current debates on consciousness - Knowledge of the conditions and main methods for the generation and induction of altered states of consciousness - Knowledge of the main changes in behaviour, subjective experience and physiological processes that occur in altered states of consciousness - Detailed knowledge of the methods of hypnosis induction and its therapeutic use in anxiety reduction, pain relief and psychosomatic medicine attitude: - Open, observant. - Informative. - Active, inclusive. - Supportive. - Working within the framework of bio-psycho-social theory. skills:: - The ability to interpret and apply what you have learned. - Openness to working actively psychologically with altered states of consciousness (e.g. hypnosis) after having mastered their inductio autonomy/ responsibility: - Professionally correct representation of knowledge about altered states of consciousness

Tantárgy tartalma

Content of the course Topic of the course - Consciousness and altered states of consciousness: consciousness from an evolutionary psychological perspective - Investigating unconscious or subconscious mental processes through altered states of consciousness. - Altered states of consciousness occurring under natural conditions: sleep, dreaming, lucid dreaming, daydreaming, childbirth (pregnancy), unexpected traumatic events - Altered states of consciousness induced by specific techniques: shamanistic ecstasy, meditation (yoga, Zen, transcendental meditation), hypnosis (relaxation or active-wakefulness), autogenic training - Drug-induced altered states of consciousness, problems of drug addiction - Cognitive changes reflected in subjective experiences in altered states of consciousness: dissociative phenomena - Changes in behavioural regulation in altered states of consciousness: increased sensitivity to suggestibility - Central and peripheral physiological changes in altered states of consciousness - The importance of hypnability for the effectiveness of the therapeutic use of hypnosis. - Adaptive uses of hypnosis (altered states of consciousness): 1. pain relief - Adaptive use of hypnosis (altered states of consciousness): 2. anxiety reduction - Adaptive use of hypnosis (altered states of consciousness): 3. trauma processing - Adaptive use of hypnosis (altered states of consciousness): 4. psychosomatic healing Learning activities, learning methods - Frontal presentation on the main topics of the course. - Home study of the literature related to the topics - Seminar discussion of the problems raised by the topics covered

Számonkérés és értékelés

Evaluation of outcomes Learning requirements, mode of evaluation and criteria of evaluation: - knowledge of the theoretical lecture material and its literature. - active participation in seminar discussions on the problems of the topics covered Mode of evaluation: exammark (1-5) Criteria of evaluation: - knowledge of the course material in the colloquium based on the lectures and compulsory literature (80% of the grade) - active participation in raising problems related to the topics and in seminar discussions (20 % of the mark)

Irodalomjegyzék

Reading list Compulsory reading list Bányai, É. I. (2018). Active-alert hypnosis: History, research and applications. American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis 61(2): 88-107. Kihlstrom, J. F. ((1987/1995). The cognitive unconscious. Science, 237: 1445-1452.) Vaitl, D., Birbauer, N., Gruzelier, J., Jamieson, G. A., Kotchoubey, B., Kubler, A., Lehmann, D., Miltner, W. H. R., Ott, U., Putz, P., Sammer, G., Strauch, I., Strehl, U., Wackermann, J., & Weiss, T. (2005). Psychobiology of altered states of consciousness. Psychological Bulletin, 131 (1): 98-127. (Bőséges irodalomjegyzékkel

Ajánlott irodalom

Recommended reading list Block, N., Flanagan, O., & Güzeldere, G. (eds.) (1997). The nature of consciousness. Philosophical debates. Cambridge: Ma: MIT Press Bowers, K. S. (1984). On being unconsciously influenced and informed. In Bowers, K. L., Meichenbaum, D.  (Eds.), The unconscious reconsidered. (pp. 227-272). New York, etc: John Wiley and Sons. Cardena, E., Lynn, S. J., & Krippner, S. (Eds)  (2014). Varieties of Anomalous Experience: Examining the Scientific Evidence, 2nd edition. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association. Cox, R. E., & Bryant, R. A. (2008). Advances in hypnosis research. Methods, designs and contributions of intrinsic and instrumental hypnosis. In Nash, M. R., Barnier, A. J. (eds.) The Oxford handbook of hypnosis. (pp. 311-336).Oxford, New York, etc: Oxford University Press. Domhoff, G.W. (2003). The scientific study of dreams: Neural networks, cognitive development, and content analysis. Washington, DC: APA Press Donald, M. (2001b). A mind so rare. The evolution of human consciousness. New York, London: W. W. Norton & Company. Farthing, G. W. (1992). The psychology of consciousness. (pp. 170-333, 421-497). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. (Bőséges irodalomjegyzékkel) Hilgard, E. R. (1977, 1986). Divided consciousness: Multiple controls in human thought and action. New York, etc.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (Bőséges irodalomjegyzékkel) Jamieson, G. A. (ed.) (2007). Hypnosis and conscious states: The cognitive neuroscience perspective. Oxford University Press. Naranjo, C., & Ornstein, R. E. (1971). On the psychology of meditation. New York: The Viking Press Posner M. I., Rothbart, M. K. (2011). Brain states and hypnosis research. Consciousness and Cognition, 20, 325-327. Roessler, J., & EIilan, N. (eds.) (2003). Agency and self-awareness. Issues in philosophy and psychology. Oxford University Press. Tart, C. (Ed.) (1969, 1972). Altered states of consciousness. New York, etc.: John Wiley and Sons, Inc. Taylor, G. J., Bagby, R. M., & Parker, J. D. A. (1997). Disorders of affect regulation: Alexithymia in medical and psychiatric illness. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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