AbPsy

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He is widely regarded as the father of hypnosis.

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Franz Anton Mesmer

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An undetectable magnetic fluid found in all living organisms and that illness resulted from imbalances in this fluid.

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Animal Magnetism

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A state in which extremely suggestible subjects sometimes appear to be in a trance.

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Hypnosis

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He put animal magnetism to the test by using magnetized water or non-magnetized water with strong suggestions that they would get better.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Other name for animal magnetism.

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Mesmerism

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Benjamin Franklin concluded that animal magnetism was nothing more than _____ _____.

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strong suggestion

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He demonstrated that some techniques of mesmerism were effective with a number of psychological disorders.

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Jean-Martin Charcot

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Sigmund Freud teamed up with _____ _____, believing that they had “discovered” the unconscious mind.

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Josef Breuer

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He believed that many of our experiences, particularly the painful episodes of childhood, are not forgotten but are stored in the unconscious.

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Sigmund Freud

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He asked his patients to describe their problems, conflicts, and fears in as much detail as they could while they were in the highly suggestible state of hypnosis.

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Josef Breuer