The Process of Hypnotism and the Nature of the Hypnotic State

Kubie, Lawrence S.; Margolin, Sydney G.

doi:10.1176/ajp.100.5.611

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“…Though no definition of hypnosis will satisfy all workers in the field, as Kubie and Margolin (32) pointed out, one of the most characteristic features of classical hypnosis is the interpersonal relationship that exists or has existed between the subject and the hypnotist. Though no definition of hypnosis will satisfy all workers in the field, as Kubie and Margolin (32) pointed out, one of the most characteristic features of classical hypnosis is the interpersonal relationship that exists or has existed between the subject and the hypnotist.…”

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The Defensive Function of an Altered State of Consciousness: A Hypnoid State

Dickes¹

1965

J Am Psychoanal Assoc

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HE ANALYTIC method of studying human behavior provides us with a technique for obtaining information concerning psycho-T logical phenomena of universal occurrence. Among such phenomena are sleeplike states or changes in the state of consciousness, which occur frequently and repeatedly in many cultures and in large segments of our own population as well as in the analytic hour. The very ubiquity of these phenomena and their generally ego-syntonic nature have led us to underestimate their significance and to overlook their psychological implications. This is especially true when no immediate and apparent unpleasant consequences result from their occurrences.These changes in consciousness occur under the most commonplace of circumstances. We are all familiar with the man who goes to the movies, a play, or a concert and promptly falls asIeep. It does not matter how interesting the show is, nor does it matter that his wife tries to keep him awake. The victim of this change in the state of his consciousness cannot keep awake even though he tries. This type of sleepiness, psychological in its origins, is to be distinguished from the type in which a person is simply too fatigued to stay awake and falls asleep from physical exhaustion. The person subject to the first type repeatedly consoles himself with one or another rationalization such as the one utilized by one of my patients; namely, that he has had an especially difficult

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The Defensive Function of an Altered State of Consciousness: A Hypnoid State

Dickes¹

1965

J Am Psychoanal Assoc

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“…Oswald's means of producing sleep fulfils exactly the criteria of those postulated by Kubie and Margolin (1944) as needed to produce hypnosis, namely, a state of relative immobilization with the field of attention focussed on one area, causing withdrawal of attention from others. Another condition required is a state of monotony dependent on adaptation to the sensory stimuli.…”

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Rocking at Night

Evans

1961

Child Psychology Psychiatry

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“…In this view, individuals who seek, by reason of temperament, to reduce environmental impact might conceivably manage to reduce or control stimulus input through the development of a myopic norm of vision or other sensory impediment. Kubie and Margolin (12) and Berlyne (3), among others, have commented upon the significance of visual behavior in maintaining a state of general alertness or excitation in the organism.…”

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Visual Acuity and Stimulus-Seeking Behavior

Palmer

1970

Psychosomatic Medicine

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The classic concept of a sense organ as a passive receiver of stimulation is evolving toward a view that considers its exploratory capabilities and its implications for orientation and arousal. Recent research, for example, suggests that the pupillary response and fixation saccadic eye movements are directly implicated in processes of cortical activation. Results of this study suggest that visual acuity may also be better understood within an activation theory framework. Specifically, the position was taken that individuals with low visual acuity might be seen as persons with low preferred levels of activation who seek to reduce stimulus input to maintain activation at their preferred level. In support of this position, individuals with high uncorrected visual acuity were found to demonstrate a higher preferred level of stimulation and to produce more exciting and novel stories in response to TAT stimuli than did low-acuity individuals.

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The Process of Hypnotism and the Nature of the Hypnotic State

Cited by 107 publications

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The Defensive Function of an Altered State of Consciousness: A Hypnoid State

The Defensive Function of an Altered State of Consciousness: A Hypnoid State

Rocking at Night

Visual Acuity and Stimulus-Seeking Behavior

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