4.9-4.10 hypnosis

Question 1

the primary key to hypnosis is finding someone who ________.

Answer 1

accepts suggestions easily

Question 2

some researchers have suggested that hypnosis may work due an individual’s personal expectations about what being hypnotized is supposed to be like & the individual’s ability to play a particular role in the given social situation. which theory of hypnosis best accounts for these possible explanations for an individual’s behavior while hypnotized?

Answer 2

social-cognitive theory

Question 3

your friend tells you she is seeing a therapist who wishes to use hypnosis as part of her therapy. however, your friend is concerned that she might be hypnotized w/out knowing it. what might you tell her?

Answer 3

you actually hypnotize yourself & you cannot be hypnotized against your will

Question 4

which theory of hypnosis includes the idea of a “hidden observer?”

Answer 4

dissociative theory