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Hypnosis and human development: interpersonal influence of intrapersonal processes
1Psychology Department, University of Missouri-St. Louis 63121, USA. bvanden@umslvma.umsl.edu
Child Development
|March 21, 1998
Summary
This study explores the connection between hypnosis and child development, revealing shared communication processes. Understanding early life communication offers new insights into the origins of hypnosis.
Area of Science:
- Psychology
- Developmental Psychology
- Communication Studies
Background:
- The relationship between hypnosis and development is often overlooked.
- Hypnosis can be understood through a communication framework.
- Early infant communication shares features with hypnotic processes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To re-examine the connection between hypnosis and development.
- To illuminate common underlying processes in both hypnosis and development.
- To use research from one field to inform the other.
Main Methods:
- Defining hypnosis within a communication framework.
- Identifying essential features of hypnosis in early infant communication.
- Examining four key features of hypnosis and their developmental implications.
Main Results:
- Essential features of hypnosis are present in early infant communication.
- This suggests a reconsideration of how hypnosis develops (ontogenesis).
- Hypnosis offers valuable insights into developmental processes.
Conclusions:
- Hypnosis and development share fundamental communicative processes.
- Early communication is crucial for understanding the ontogenesis of hypnosis.
- Hypnosis provides a unique lens for studying development.