According to the Critical Thinking Box on Explanations of Hypnosis

question 237

Multiple Choice

According to the Critical Thinking box on explanations of hypnosis, what evidence seems to undermine the notion that hypnosis involves dissociation and is a special state of consciousness?

• A)Multiple personalities typically emerge in the hypnotized state but rarely emerge in the non-hypnotized state.
• B)Highly motivated people often perform the same tasks or abilities just as well as hypnotized subjects
• C)EEG recordings have shown that brain activity is virtually identical during stage 4 NREM sleep and hypnosis.
• D)Hallucinogenic drugs produce many of the same effects as hypnosis.

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Definitions:

Prosocial Risk

Engaging in behaviors that are intended to benefit others, even when such actions may pose a risk to one's own well-being.

Sensation Seeking

The tendency to pursue sensory pleasure and excitement, often involving a higher risk of dangerous activities.

Anti-Social Risk

The potential for an individual to engage in behavior that is harmful or detrimental to society or social norms.

Disinhibition

The reduction of inhibition in behavior, often resulting in actions that are uncharacteristic or forbidden.