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 **General Bicameral Paradigm**\\ The psychosocial structure behind a class of behaviors of diminished consciousness that are partial holdovers from an earlier mentality. See collective cognitive imperative, induction, trance, archaic authorization.
-**Hypnosis**\\ A vestige of bicameral mentality. The weakening or suspension of the functions of consciousness, especially the belief in the analog “I.” That such functions can be readily arrested indicates that consciousness is culturally learned and historically recent, i.e., it is not biologically innate.
+**Hypnosis**\\ A vestige of bicameral mentality. A sociopsychological behavior characterized by: (1) heightened concentration and focused attention; (2) an enhanced capacity to respond to verbal commands ; and (3) the temporary suspension of the functions of consciousness, especially the belief in the analog “I." These aspects are interrelated, i.e., the weakening of consciousness (or its loss) leads to increased perceptual focus, facilitating an openness to external suggestions. That consciousness can be readily arrested indicates that subjectivity is culturally learned and historically recent, i.e., it is not biologically innate. It also evidences our predisposition to fit into superior-subordinate relations (see Authorization).
 **"I"**\\ A feature of consciousness. The observing self or self-as-subject; the active aspect of selfhood that “does things” in one’s quasi-perceptual introcosm.