Trance Depth Assessment Flashcards
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Which behavioral indicator best distinguishes a medium trance from a light trance?
Answer: Catalepsy of the dominant hand
Catalepsy — rigid immobility of a limb — is a hallmark of medium trance and is not typically present in light trance states.
A client in the Davis-Husband scale at level 6 would MOST likely demonstrate which response?
Answer: Partial limb catalepsy
Level 6 on the Davis-Husband scale corresponds to partial catalepsy, a mid-range trance phenomenon.
The Elman Induction is designed to achieve what depth within the first few minutes?
Answer: Somnambulism
Dave Elman's rapid induction protocol targets somnambulism because most therapeutic phenomena require that depth.
Which cue would a hypnotist MOST rely upon to confirm eye catalepsy without a verbal challenge?
Answer: Noticing eyelid flutter ceasing and lids appearing 'glued'
Visual observation of still, 'glued-looking' eyelids with no flutter indicates eye catalepsy without disrupting the trance.
In trance depth assessment, 'arm levitation' is typically classified as a phenomenon of which depth range?
Answer: Medium trance
Arm levitation is an ideomotor response that reliably appears in the medium trance range on most standard scales.
A subject who spontaneously forgets post-hypnotic suggestions without a specific amnesia instruction is most likely in which state?
Answer: Somnambulistic trance
Spontaneous amnesia — forgetting without explicit suggestion — is a characteristic marker of somnambulistic depth.
Which statement about subjective depth scales is MOST accurate for a BCH practitioner?
Answer: They provide self-report data that should be cross-checked with behavioral indicators
Subjective scales offer valuable client perspective but must be validated against observable behavioral signs for clinical accuracy.