You Are Attending a Demonstration in Which a Hypnotist Tries

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You are attending a demonstration in which a hypnotist tries to hypnotize volunteers from the audience. After using a hypnotic induction, 9 out of 10 volunteers appear to be in some kind of altered state. He tells them the hypnosis will allow them to place their hands in freezing cold water without the pain and discomfort that would typically produce. What differences related to what happens to the volunteers when they do this could be predicted (on the basis of prior research discussed in your textbook) , as compared to if they tried doing the same thing in a non-hypnotized state?

• A)changes in self-reported pain only.
• B)changes in self-reported pain and changes in neural activity.
• C)changes in neural activity only.
• D)no differences would be expected because hypnosis cannot affect the perception of pain.
• E)the perception of pain should actually increase, due to cognitive dissonance.

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