Mod 9

Question 1

hypnosis is a social interaction in which one person (the hypnotist) suggests to another (the subject) that certain perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will …

Answer 1

spontaneously occur

Question 2

hypnosis is a … social action in which one person is in a state of being likely to respond to … from another person. this state has been called … as well as a …

Answer 2

cooperative; suggestions; heightened suggestibility; trance

Question 3

types of hypnotic suggestions–the subject may be led into changes in: …, …, …, …, …

Answer 3

perceptions; behavior; emotions; attitudes; memory

Question 4

hypnotic induction, the inducing of a hypnotic state, is the process by which a hypnotist leads someone into the state of ..

Answer 4

heightened suggestibility

Question 5

how do some people get so hypnotized that they can have no reaction to ammonia under their noses?
these people seem to be more easily absorbed in … activities. they are able to focus and lose themselves in … the hypnotic induction method may happen to work just right.

Answer 5

imaginative; fantasy

Question 6

benefits of hypnosis for some people:
blocking awareness of …, even enough for surgery without anesthesia
reducing ..,. …, and …
improving … and ..

Answer 6

pain; obesity; anxiety; hypertension; concentration; performance

Question 7

what hypnosis cannot do:
work when people refuse to ..
bestow … abilities or strength
accurately boost recall of … (it is more likely to implant …)

Answer 7

cooperate; superhuman; forgotten events; false recall

Question 8

divided consciousness theory: hypnosis is a special state of … (divided) … of our dual-track mind

Answer 8

dissociated consciousness

Question 9

social influence theory: hypnotic subjects may simply be imaginative people who go along with the … role they have agreed to play

Answer 9

subject