The Eighteenth-Century Scientific Commission Headed by Benjamin Franklin to Study

question 4

Multiple Choice

The eighteenth-century scientific commission headed by Benjamin Franklin to study mesmerism concluded something similar to the modern view of hypnosis. Which conclusion from this study is TRUE?

• A) Mesmerism is a special trance state with a distinct physiological pattern of response.
• B) Mesmerism results from the suggestions of the mesmerist and the imagination of the mesmerized person.
• C) Mesmerism involves the movement of a magnetic force through the nerves of the mesmerized person.
• D) Mesmerists can control the minds of mesmerized persons and get them to engage immoral acts that they would not otherwise commit.

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