Research on Hypnosis Has Suggested That Hypnotized Participants May Be

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Multiple Choice

Research on hypnosis has suggested that hypnotized participants may be induced to perform sometimes dangerous and out-of-character acts because

• A)they are responding to a perceived authority in a legitimate context
• B)of the extreme power of hypnotic techniques
• C)inhibitory centres in the brain appear to be affected by hypnosis
• D)hypnotists capitalize on experimenter expectancy effects

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