Many Hypnotists Claim That People Will Refuse to Do Anything

question 69

Multiple Choice

Many hypnotists claim that people will refuse to do anything under hypnosis that they would not be willing to do ordinarily. Why is this claim difficult to test?

• A) As soon as people are asked to do something dangerous or immoral, they come out of hypnosis.
• B) People who have not been hypnotized will agree to do a variety of dangerous things as part of an experiment.
• C) Hypnotized subjects do refuse to do dangerous things, but they act as if they did not hear the command.
• D) No investigator has ever asked hypnotized people to do anything dangerous or immoral.

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