BCH Foundations of Hypnosis & Induction Techniques 2 ā Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which induction technique involves the hypnotist speaking in a rapid, confusing manner to overwhelm the conscious mind?
- Elman induction
- Confusion induction (Correct answer)
- Eye fixation induction
- Progressive relaxation induction
Correct answer: Confusion induction
The confusion induction uses rapid, contradictory language to bypass critical conscious analysis and facilitate trance.
Question 2: In Dave Elman's induction method, what is the primary first step after initial relaxation?
- Deepening with counting
- Eye catalepsy test (Correct answer)
- Arm levitation
- Fractionation
Correct answer: Eye catalepsy test
Elman's method begins by inducing physical relaxation and then tests eye catalepsy to confirm the subject cannot open their eyes.
Question 3: The term 'somnambulism' in hypnosis refers to which depth of trance?
- Light trance with mild relaxation
- Medium trance with reduced critical thinking
- Deep trance allowing positive hallucinations (Correct answer)
- Hypnoidal state just below waking
Correct answer: Deep trance allowing positive hallucinations
Somnambulism is the deepest commonly used trance state, characterized by amnesia and the ability to experience both positive and negative hallucinations.
Question 4: What does 'fractionation' mean as a deepening technique in hypnosis?
- Splitting the session into multiple short segments
- Repeatedly emerging and re-inducing trance to go deeper each time (Correct answer)
- Using fractured, incomplete sentences to confuse the subject
- Breaking suggestions into smaller, easier-to-accept pieces
Correct answer: Repeatedly emerging and re-inducing trance to go deeper each time
Fractionation deepens trance by bringing the subject in and out of hypnosis multiple times, each return typically producing greater depth.
Question 5: Which theorist proposed that hypnosis is best explained as a form of role-playing and expectation rather than a special state?
- Milton Erickson
- Ernest Hilgard
- Theodore Barber (Correct answer)
- James Braid
Correct answer: Theodore Barber
Theodore Barber argued that hypnotic phenomena can be explained by social compliance, expectancy, and imagination without invoking a distinct altered state.
Question 6: An 'ideomotor response' in hypnosis is best defined as:
- A verbal response to a post-hypnotic suggestion
- An unconscious physical movement triggered by a thought or idea (Correct answer)
- A deep muscle relaxation response to counting
- A conditioned reflex to a hypnotic anchor
Correct answer: An unconscious physical movement triggered by a thought or idea
Ideomotor responses are small, unconscious physical movementsāsuch as finger signalsāthat arise from mental imagery without conscious volition.
Question 7: Which of the following best describes the concept of 'hypnotic depth' according to the LeCron-Bordeaux scale?
- A binary stateāeither hypnotized or not
- A continuous spectrum from insusceptible to somnambulistic (Correct answer)
- Three distinct stages: light, medium, deep
- Five levels measured only by brainwave activity
Correct answer: A continuous spectrum from insusceptible to somnambulistic
The LeCron-Bordeaux scale conceptualizes hypnotic depth as a continuum with multiple gradations from waking to deep somnambulism.
BCH Foundations of Hypnosis & Induction Techniques 2
Which induction technique involves the hypnotist speaking in a rapid, confusing manner to overwhelm the conscious mind?