ideomotor suggestion

an idea suggested by a hypnotist that brings about an apparently automatic muscular response in the hypnotized individual. The cue is usually a simple statement or command, such as Your arm is becoming lighter or Your head feels tired. See ideomotor theory. See also challenge suggestion; hypnotic rigidity.

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Psychology term of the day

January 13th 2025

reconstructive psychotherapy

psychotherapy directed toward basic and extensive modification of an individual’s character structure by enhancing his or her insight into personality development, unconscious conflicts, and adaptive responses. Examples are Freudian psychoanalysis, Adlerian individual psychology, Jungian analytic psychology, and the approaches of Karen D. Horney and Harry Stack Sullivan.