Multiple Identities & False Memories: A Sociocognitive Perspective

by Spanos, Nicholas P.

• ISBN13: 9781557988935
• ISBN10: 1557988935
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-09-01
• Publisher: AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
John F. Chaves
Bill Jones
About the Author	xiii
Introduction	1	(16)
I. THE USE OF HYPNOSIS AS A THERAPEUTIC TOOL
Hypnosis: Mythology Versus Reality	17	(12)
High Hypnotizability and Dramatic Behaviors	29	(12)
Hypnotic Amnesia, Posthypnotic Response, and ``Brainwashing''	41	(16)
II. CREATING FALSE MEMORIES
Distortions of Memory	57	(12)
The Seduction Theory: Old and New Versions	69	(8)
Child Sexual Abuse and the Fate of Abuse Memories	77	(14)
Hypnosis, Age Regression, and Memory	91	(14)
Complex False Memories, Body Memories, and Hypnosis	105	(12)
UFO Abduction: An Example of Complex False Memory	117	(14)
The Experimental Creation of Multiplicity	131	(14)
III. MULTIPLE IDENTITIES IN OTHER CULTURES AND TIMES
Cross-cultural Studies of Spirit Possession	145	(12)
Historical Manifestations of Demonic Possession	157	(14)
The Social Functions of Possession	171	(12)
From Possession to Dual Consciousness	183	(16)
From Dual Consciousness to Multiple Personality	199	(12)
The History of Dissociation	211	(20)
IV. THE THEORY OF MULTIPLE PERSONALITY DISORDER
Multiple Personality Disorder and Social Learning	231	(16)
Correlates of Multiple Personality Disorder	247	(18)
Child Abuse and Multiple Personality Disorder	265	(22)
Multiple Personality Disorder, Recovered Memories, and Sociopolitical Considerations	287	(14)
V. CONCLUSION
Final Thoughts	301	(4)
References	305	(50)
Author Index	355	(12)
Subject Index	367