Kevin M Mcconkey
Biographic Data
| ID | 4232860 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kevin M Mcconkey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kevin M |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcconkey |
| SIGNATURE | MCCONKEY K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Macquarie University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 21 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Hypnosis, Memory, and the Ethics of Uncertainty
(1995). Hypnosis, memory, and the ethics of uncertainty. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1-10
Ethical issues in forensic hypnosis
The conduct and/or evaluation of forensic hypnosis sessions raises several sensitive ethical issues. We aim to provide a schematic framework in which to consider some of the major issues. The three major issues discussed in detail concern the position adopted about forensic hypnosis, the consequences of involving oneself in forensic hypnosis, and the nature of one's involvement in the legal system. We argue that professionals need to have a clear…
Absorption, openness to experience, and hypnotizability
Absorption, a correlate of hypnotizability, is conceptually related to openness to experience. Study 1 found no evidence that gender moderated the correlation between absorption and hypnotizability, or of nonlinear trends. Study 2 showed that openness was factorially complex, and that absorption was related to imaginative involvement, but not to social-political liberalism. Study 3 found small quadratic trends in the relations between these varia…
Hypnotic blindness and the relevance of cognitive style
Real, hypnotized and simulating, unhypnotized subjects were instructed to use either a constructive or a concentrative cognitive style when attempting to respond to a suggestion for hypnotic blindness; also, some subjects were administered the suggestion without any instructions about cognitive style. More reals who received the constructive rather than the concentrative instructions reported complete blindness; a similar number of simulators who…
Absorption: Nature, assessment, and correlates
Reports of forensic hypnosis: A critical analysis
Because public opinion is substantially influenced by the media, a content analysis was conducted of newspaper reports of the use of hypnosis in criminal investigation. Analysis focused on the quantitative and qualitative information in reports about particular cases in terms of the location of the crime, year of the crime, type of crime, status of the subject, status of the hypnotist, and the value of hypnosis; analysis also focused on the infor…
Knowledge of eyewitness memory
A questionnaire was administered to introductory psychology, advanced psychology, and advanced law students to assess their knowledge of eyewitness memory. The data were obtained in a way that allowed a comparison with similar research in the U.S.A. and the U.K. Our findings indicated that a limited knowledge of eyewitness memory exists among the three samples, and that the level of knowledge of the combined sample is similar to that of the inter…
Television Reports of Forensic Hypnosis: What's on the News
This paper presents a content analysis of television news and current affairs reports of forensic hypnosis focusing on the information conveyed about the nature of hypnosis, the introduction of hypnosis to criminal investigation, the impact of hypnosis on memory, the usefulness of hypnosis in criminal investigation, and the recognition of potential problems associated with forensic hypnosis. Findings indicate that the reports conveyed simplistic …
Forensic hypnosis: Current legislation and its relevance to practice
This article reviews current Acts concerning the practice of hypnosis, and reports findings from a survey of Boards' views concerning the use of hypnosis to refresh the memory of witnesses or victims of crime. There is variation in the way that hypnosis is defined and regulated, and in the degree to which the Acts are applicable to the use of hypnosis in the forensic setting. A central issue in understanding the relevance of current legislation t…
Opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis
Two hundred and three undergraduate subjects were administered a 10-item questionnaire that assessed opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis. Findings indicated subjects considered (a) hypnosis could enhance accurate memory, (b) the hypnotist should be a psychiatrist or psychologist (rather than a police officer), (c) hypnotically obtained information should be verified by independent physical evidence, and (d) hypnosis should not be used sim…
Handbook of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine
Absorption: Nature, assessment, and correlates
Absorption, openness to experience, and hypnotizability
Absorption, a correlate of hypnotizability, is conceptually related to openness to experience. Study 1 found no evidence that gender moderated the correlation between absorption and hypnotizability, or of nonlinear trends. Study 2 showed that openness was factorially complex, and that absorption was related to imaginative involvement, but not to social-political liberalism. Study 3 found small quadratic trends in the relations between these varia…
Opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis
Two hundred and three undergraduate subjects were administered a 10-item questionnaire that assessed opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis. Findings indicated subjects considered (a) hypnosis could enhance accurate memory, (b) the hypnotist should be a psychiatrist or psychologist (rather than a police officer), (c) hypnotically obtained information should be verified by independent physical evidence, and (d) hypnosis should not be used sim…
Ethical issues in forensic hypnosis
The conduct and/or evaluation of forensic hypnosis sessions raises several sensitive ethical issues. We aim to provide a schematic framework in which to consider some of the major issues. The three major issues discussed in detail concern the position adopted about forensic hypnosis, the consequences of involving oneself in forensic hypnosis, and the nature of one's involvement in the legal system. We argue that professionals need to have a clear…
Reports of forensic hypnosis: A critical analysis
Because public opinion is substantially influenced by the media, a content analysis was conducted of newspaper reports of the use of hypnosis in criminal investigation. Analysis focused on the quantitative and qualitative information in reports about particular cases in terms of the location of the crime, year of the crime, type of crime, status of the subject, status of the hypnotist, and the value of hypnosis; analysis also focused on the infor…
Handbook of Hypnosis and Psychosomatic Medicine
Opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis
Two hundred and three undergraduate subjects were administered a 10-item questionnaire that assessed opinions about the forensic use of hypnosis. Findings indicated subjects considered (a) hypnosis could enhance accurate memory, (b) the hypnotist should be a psychiatrist or psychologist (rather than a police officer), (c) hypnotically obtained information should be verified by independent physical evidence, and (d) hypnosis should not be used sim…
Forensic hypnosis: Current legislation and its relevance to practice
This article reviews current Acts concerning the practice of hypnosis, and reports findings from a survey of Boards' views concerning the use of hypnosis to refresh the memory of witnesses or victims of crime. There is variation in the way that hypnosis is defined and regulated, and in the degree to which the Acts are applicable to the use of hypnosis in the forensic setting. A central issue in understanding the relevance of current legislation t…
Reports of forensic hypnosis: A critical analysis
Because public opinion is substantially influenced by the media, a content analysis was conducted of newspaper reports of the use of hypnosis in criminal investigation. Analysis focused on the quantitative and qualitative information in reports about particular cases in terms of the location of the crime, year of the crime, type of crime, status of the subject, status of the hypnotist, and the value of hypnosis; analysis also focused on the infor…
Knowledge of eyewitness memory
A questionnaire was administered to introductory psychology, advanced psychology, and advanced law students to assess their knowledge of eyewitness memory. The data were obtained in a way that allowed a comparison with similar research in the U.S.A. and the U.K. Our findings indicated that a limited knowledge of eyewitness memory exists among the three samples, and that the level of knowledge of the combined sample is similar to that of the inter…
Television Reports of Forensic Hypnosis: What's on the News
This paper presents a content analysis of television news and current affairs reports of forensic hypnosis focusing on the information conveyed about the nature of hypnosis, the introduction of hypnosis to criminal investigation, the impact of hypnosis on memory, the usefulness of hypnosis in criminal investigation, and the recognition of potential problems associated with forensic hypnosis. Findings indicate that the reports conveyed simplistic …
Hypnotic blindness and the relevance of cognitive style
Real, hypnotized and simulating, unhypnotized subjects were instructed to use either a constructive or a concentrative cognitive style when attempting to respond to a suggestion for hypnotic blindness; also, some subjects were administered the suggestion without any instructions about cognitive style. More reals who received the constructive rather than the concentrative instructions reported complete blindness; a similar number of simulators who…
Absorption: Nature, assessment, and correlates
Absorption, openness to experience, and hypnotizability
Absorption, a correlate of hypnotizability, is conceptually related to openness to experience. Study 1 found no evidence that gender moderated the correlation between absorption and hypnotizability, or of nonlinear trends. Study 2 showed that openness was factorially complex, and that absorption was related to imaginative involvement, but not to social-political liberalism. Study 3 found small quadratic trends in the relations between these varia…
Ethical issues in forensic hypnosis
The conduct and/or evaluation of forensic hypnosis sessions raises several sensitive ethical issues. We aim to provide a schematic framework in which to consider some of the major issues. The three major issues discussed in detail concern the position adopted about forensic hypnosis, the consequences of involving oneself in forensic hypnosis, and the nature of one's involvement in the legal system. We argue that professionals need to have a clear…
Hypnosis, Memory, and the Ethics of Uncertainty
(1995). Hypnosis, memory, and the ethics of uncertainty. Australian Psychologist: Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 1-10
Psychology (11 works) · Hypnosis (8 works) · Medicine (8 works) · Pain Management and Placebo Effect (8 works) · Alternative medicine (7 works) · Psychotherapist (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Forensic science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)