Question

Which theory best explains the phenomenon of hypnosis, sociocognitive theory or dissociation theory and how?

Answer 1

Dissociation theory best explains the phenomenon of hypnosis because it proposes a split consciousness which helps the individual who is hypnotized to bring out some thoughts and behaviours and even events that happened which couldn’t be remembered in the conscious state to the hypnotizer. This theory could be best explained as a social interaction in which one person suggest another that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviours will spontaneously occur and that the hypnotized just need to let it flow. This theory combines state theory which suggests that hypnotism is an altered state of mind and role theory which suggests hypnotism is not an altered state but an acting out role.