The Freshman Seminar Program
Psychology 39H
Hypnosis as a Problem for Psychology (2 units, LG)
Professor John F. Kihlstrom
Monday 1:00-3:00, 3140 Tolman Hall, CCN: 74790

The phenomenon of hypnosis will be used as a vehicle for exploring how psychologists engage in both basic and applied research on phenomena of interest. Topics will include the history of hypnosis; hypnotic effects on perception and memory; individual differences in hypnotizability; correlates of hypnotizability; social influence in hypnosis; hypnosis and pain; psychosomatic effects of hypnosis; hypnosis in psychotherapy; hypnosis in the courtroom; and hypnosis and the brain.

John F. Kihlstrom is Professor in the Department of Psychology and member of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences and the Institute for Personality and Social Research. He has been doing hypnosis research since he was a college undergraduate, especially with respect to the effects of hypnosis on memory.



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