Multiple identities & false memories : a sociocognitive perspective / Nicholas P. Spanos.
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, DC : American Psychological Association, c1996.Description: xiii, 371 p. : port. ; 26 cmISBN:- 1557983402 (alk. paper)
- RC455.2.F35 S67 1996
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-353) and index.
The use of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool -- Creating false memories -- Multiple identities in other cultures and times -- The theory of multiple personality disorder.
WAR, NEWBERY,
Preface / John F. Chaves and Bill Jones -- Introduction -- The use of hypnosis as a therapeutic tool. Hypnosis : mythology versus reality -- High hypnotizability and dramatic behaviors -- Hypnotic amnesia, posthypnotic response, and "brainwashing" -- Creating false memories. Distortions of memory -- The seduction theory : old and new versions -- Child sexual abuse and the fate of abuse memories -- Hypnosis, age regression, and memory -- Complex false memories, body memories, and hypnosis -- UFO abduction : an example of complex false memory -- The experimental creation of multiplicity -- Multiple identities in other cultures and times. Cross-cultural studies of spirit possession -- Historical manifestations of demonic possession -- The social functions of possession -- From possession to dual consciousness -- From dual consciousness to multiple personality -- The history of dissociation -- The theory of multiple personality disorder. Multiple personality disorder and social learning -- Correlates of multiple personality disorder -- Child abuse and multiple personality disorder -- Multiple personality disorder, recovered memories, and sociopolitical considerations -- Conclusion. Final thoughts.