1st Edition

Human Suggestibility Advances in Theory, Research, and Application

Edited By John F. Schumaker Copyright 1991
382 Pages
by Routledge

382 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in 1991, Human Suggestibility is a collection of papers that reflected recent advances in the study of human suggestibility at the time, including not only the topic of hypnosis, but also suggestibility as related to advertising, mental illness, forensics, political persuasion and the biological aspects of the suggestion process. The book is divided into four parts: ‘The... Read more

Introduction  Part One: The Nature of Suggestibility  1. Suggestibility and Suggestions as Related to Hypnosis Ernest R. Hilgard  2. The Psychology of Suggestion: An Integrative Perspective Vladimir A. Gheorghiu and Peter Kruse  3. Is Suggestibility? H. J. Eysenck  Part Two: Theoretical Perspectives  4. Suggestibility, Absorption, and Dissociation: An Integrative Model of Hypnosis Etzel Cardeña and David Spiegel  5. The Adaptive Value of Suggestibility and Dissociation John F. Schumaker  6. Suggestibility: A Social Psychological Approach Graham F. Wagstaff  7. Suggestibility: A Reversal Theory Perspective Michael J. Apter  8. Religious Experiences, Altered States of Consciousness, and Suggestibility: Cross-Cultural and Historical Perspectives Colleen Ward and Simon Kemp  Part Three: Researching Suggestibility  9. Self-Perception and Self-Deception: The Role of Attention in Suggestibility Processes Frederick X. Gibbons and Sue Boney McCoy  10. Fantasy Proneness, Hypnotizability, and Multiple Personality Disorder Judith W. Rhue and Steven Jay Lynn  11. Hypnotizability, Suggestibility, and Psychopathology: An Overview of Research Gary Groth-Marnat  12. How Suggestion Plays Tricks with Memory Kelly Toland, Hunter Hoffman and Elizabeth Loftus  13. Suggestion, Placebo, and Expectation: Immune Effects and Other Bodily Change John D. Shea  Part Four: Applications and Implications  14. The Application of Interrogative Suggestibility to Police Interviewing Gisli H. Gudjonsson  15. Monoideistic Disorders and the Process of Suggestion: Anorexia Nervosa as a Paradigm Mordecai Kaffman  16. Suggestibility, Irrational Beliefs, and Emotional Disturbance Albert Ellis  17. Suggestion in Education Annette Shuck  18. Advertising and Hypnotic Suggestion: The Construct of Advertising Suggestion Stephen J. Gould.  Index.  About the Contributors.

Biography

John F. Schumaker was, at the time of original publication, a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Newcastle, Australia.