By using the specific childhood memory of once being lost in a shopping mall, the goal was to plant this false memory into adult participants. Psychologist Elizabeth L Loftus sought to answer this question. So if memories can be so easily distorted, then is it possible to plant false memories in our minds? Episodic memories are events stored in the large capacity of long-term memory. You might not remember what you did for your fifth birthday, but if you were shown pictures or your mom told you an anecdote, you could piece together a confident episodic memory that may be completely false. In many instances, outside sources can influence how we remember things, also known as suggestibility, which is one of the sins. This difference can be a result of many things as outlined by Daniel Schacter as the “Seven Sins of Memory”. It is malleable and when it is retrieved, it can be different from how it was encoded or processed into our brains. So why did we distort hypnosis and place it in the magic realm? The intriguing nature of false memories and suggestions had something to do with it. Focus could be on something visual like a candle flame, a ball, or an image as well as revivification of an occurrence like daydreaming. One comes to a state of hypnosis through hypnotic induction which is focusing through imagination and attention.
In reality, hypnosis is a state in which one is awake and conscious but their attention is attached and focused on something or on inner experiences such as imagery and feelings that limit their attachment to their immediate environment and allow external input to guide their thoughts. Most people’s hypnotism concept and its representation in media are likely based off of hypnosis’ dark side or proposing the ability to take advantage of someone’s liability within their mind. It is somewhat fantastical to imagine magical mind control and it draws viewers in. Hypnosis gets a pretty bad and equally entertaining reputation because of these depictions.
Star Wars displaying hypnosis as a “Jedi mind trick” is one of the ways the media has depicted hypnosis as a tactic for compliance and getting people to do what you want. Hypnosis is commonly depicted as a way for people to get what they want.
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