Implications of the behavioral approach to hypnosis.
The findings of behaviorally oriented research regarding the importance of cognitive-motivational variables in hypnosis are examined and some clinical and theoretical implications are explored. Hypnosis seems usefully conceptualized as a complex configuration or gestalt of interacting variables on several different levels, for example, cognitive, motivational, social, physiologic.
D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001519:Behavior; D003071:Cognition; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D009042:Motivation; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011613:Psychotherapy; D012718:Set, Psychology; D014705:Verbal Behavior