Hypnotic transactions, and the evolution of psychological structure.
This article integrates study of hypnotic transactions with data on their primate antecedents, toward clarifying the question of differential responsibility. It concludes that psychological structures are recently evolved transactional processes that masquerade as explanatory entities, but obey rules of intentionality: a hypothesis with clinical and forensic implications.
Beahrs
J O
JO
Oregon Health Sciences University.
D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D008606:Mental Processes; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011323:Primates / Q000523:psychology; D012951:Socialization