Hypnosis

Hypnosis is defined as:

• controlling someone's mind with imagery and suggestions

• a social interaction between a hypnotist and a subject that can result in altering a person's thoughts, feelings, behaviors and perceptions

• an altered state brought on by a therapist to get people to do things against their will

In the social influence theory the subject:

• is being extremely cooperative

• is faking

• is asleep

• only performs in front of a group

In the divide consciousness theory of hypnosis:

• subjects are just helping the hypnotist

• the hypnotist has complete control over the subjects actions

• the person is only displaying one part of his or her consciousness, while the other is observing

• the person cannot be hypnotized

Which of the following is the term most closely associated with the split in consciousness that allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others?

• consciousness

• hallucination

• dissociation

Which of the following are true about hypnotic induction technique?

• a hypnotist creates an altered state of consciousness in a subject by voicing a series of suggestions

• a calm rhythmic tone in a hypnotists voice is a focal point for the subjects attention

• The FCC (Federal Communication Commission) has rules preventing the procedure from broadcast

• All of the above are true

Those who score high on the Stanford Susceptibility Test Scale for hypnosis:

• are less likely to respond to suggestions

• are more likely to respond to suggestions

Hypnosis is:

• more easily done in front of an audience by a hypnotist

• more easily done in an office setting by a therapist

Which of the following is not true about people who have been hypnotized?

• Sensations, thoughts, and emotions can be influenced by suggestions - heightened awareness

• The hypnotist has no control over you at all, and cannot make you do things against your will

• In hypnosis it is actually the client who is always in control, not the hypnotist.

• Hypnosis can be used to make you do something that you do not want to do.

Which term refers to a suggestion, made during a hypnosis session, to be carried out after the subject is no longer hypnotized; used by some clinicians to help control undesired symptoms and behaviors?

• Post-hypnotic amnesia

• Post-hypnotic suggestion

suggests that the subject will not remember what occurred while they were hypnotized

• post-hypnotic suggestion

• posthypnotic amnesia