In One Experiment, Hypnotized Subjects Were Asked to Pick Up

question 141

Multiple Choice

In one experiment, hypnotized subjects were asked to pick up a poisonous snake and to do other dangerous acts. The experimenter wanted to find out whether hypnosis can get people to do anything they would ordinarily refuse to do. Why were the results difficult to interpret?

• A) Most of the subjects did as they were told, but most of them were suffering from psychological disorders.
• B) They all refused at the time, but many of them followed the instructions after they came out of hypnosis.
• C) When they were told to do these acts, the subjects immediately came out of hypnosis.
• D) Most of these subjects did as they were told, but so did some people who were not hypnotized.

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