You Are Reading an Article in the American Journal of Clinical

question 217

Multiple Choice

You are reading an article in the American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis. The author reports a significant negative correlation coefficient between participants' scores on a measure of belief in hypnosis and their scores on a measure of hypnotic suggestibility. Which of the following is the MOST ACCURATE interpretation of this result?

• A) The result disconfirms the divided-consciousness view.
• B) The result supports the divided-consciousness view.
• C) The result disconfirms the common-social-and-cognitive-processes view.
• D) The result supports the common-social-and-cognitive-processes view.

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