chapter 7 study guide/hypnosis

David, a Las Vegas magician, recruits volunteers from the audience for his new hypnosis trick. According to research on susceptibility to hypnosis, what percentage of the audience will be excellent candidates for hypnosis?

20 percent

According to the social influence theory of hypnosis, hypnotized subjects are:

According to the social influence theory of hypnosis, hypnotized subjects are:

____ is an altered state of consciousness or psychological state of altered attention in which the individual is unusually receptive to suggestions.

Hypnosis

According to social influence theory, hypnosis is a social phenomenon. Which of the following is BEST explained by social influence theory?

People who are good at role-playing are good subjects for hypnosis

Which statement about the effectiveness of hypnosis is FALSE?

Research supports the claim that hypnosis cannot reduce the experience of pain.

The dissociation theory of hypnosis suggests that the hypnotized person experiences:

a consciousness split into two simultaneous streams of mental activity.

According to the _____ approach, hypnotic phenomena are most likely influenced by a combination of brain activity, focused attention, and social influences.

biopsychosocial

Hilgard's dissociation theory of hypnosis:

contends that hypnosis is a special state of consciousness

Some researchers believe that hypnosis is caused by _____, which is a split in consciousness that allows some thoughts and behaviors to occur simultaneously with others.

dissociation

esearcher Theodore Barber believes in the social-influence explanation of hypnosis while researcher Ernest Hilgard believes in the _____ explanation of hypnosis.

divided consciousness

A researcher is interested in studying hypnosis, but she only wants to include people with high hypnotic ability. She should choose study participants who have rich _____.

fantasies

Natalie has two pregnant friends, Roxanne and Gianna. Both completed a series of Lamaze classes, which taught them to dissociate themselves from the pain of childbirth. However, only Gianna found that the Lamaze techniques worked for her during delivery. This is because Gianna has _____ hypnotic ability.

high

Social-influence explanations and divided-consciousness explanations are converging toward a unified account of _____.

hypnosis

Social-influence explanations and divided-consciousness explanations are converging toward a unified account of:

hypnosis

____ is an altered state of consciousness or psychological state of altered attention in which the individual is unusually receptive to suggestions.

hypnosis

_____ is considered by some people to be no more than a social interaction, during which one person suggests to another person that various feelings, thoughts, or behaviors will occur spontaneously.

hypnosis

Dissociation has been used as an explanation for:

hypnotic pain relief

In line at the supermarket, Chaz notices a report about a recent alien abduction. He reads the article and learns that the person claims to have realized she was abducted after undergoing hypnosis. Chaz knows that people who believe in alien abduction are highly _____.

hypnotizable

Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis would suggest that:

hypnotized subjects are people caught up in playing the role of hypnotic subject for the hypnotist.

Many people who are hypnotized can:

overcome pain

Jane has asthma. She wants to find a way to control her asthma without always relying on her rescue inhaler. She visits a hypnotherapist and within a month is less reliant on her inhaler because of the _____ suggestions.

posthypnotic

Reggie has asthma. He wants to find a way to control his asthma without always relying on his rescue inhaler. He visits a hypnotherapist and within a month is less reliant on his inhaler because of the _____ suggestions.

posthypnotic

There is no evidence that MOST hypnotized people can quit smoking, _____ forgotten events, or act in ways they would not if they were not under hypnosis.

recall

In an experiment, hypnotized subjects are told to scratch their ears every time they hear the word "psychology." The results indicate that they do this only when they think the experiment is still under way. These findings most clearly support the theory that hypnosis involves:

role playing

Advocates of the _____ theory of hypnosis suggest that hypnotized subjects are people caught up in playing the role of hypnotic subject for the hypnotist.

social influence

Researcher Theodore Barber believes in the _____ explanation of hypnosis while researcher Ernest Hilgard believes in the divided-consciousness explanation of hypnosis.

social influence

To lose weight, a woman goes to a therapist who practices hypnosis. At her first appointment, she is successfully hypnotized and is very excited at the prospect of achieving her weight-loss goals. The day after she is hypnotized, her husband tells her that she is just being gullible. At her second appointment, she is unable to be hypnotized. According to _____ theory, the idea that she was reacting to her husband's judgment concerning hypnosis explains this change.

social influence

Researcher Theodore Barber believes in the _____ explanation of hypnosis while researcher Ernest Hilgard believes in the _____ explanation of hypnosis.

social-influence; divided-consciousness

If a successfully hypnotized person places her arm in a bucket of ice water, she will likely:

think the water is cold but not painful