BCH Hypnotic Phenomena & Classical Phenomena 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A negative hallucination in hypnosis is demonstrated when a subject:
- Sees an object or person that does not exist in their environment
- Fails to perceive an object or person that is actually present (Correct answer)
- Hears sounds that are not physically present in the room
- Experiences an exaggerated emotional response to real stimuli
Correct answer: Fails to perceive an object or person that is actually present
A negative hallucination involves failing to perceive something that is actually present, such as being unable to see a chair that is visibly in the room — removing a perception rather than adding one.
Question 2: A post-hypnotic suggestion is BEST defined as:
- A suggestion given to the client before the induction phase begins
- An instruction delivered during trance to be acted upon after the session ends, often triggered by a cue (Correct answer)
- A suggestion designed to deepen the level of trance during a session
- An affirmation the client repeats aloud during the waking state after hypnosis
Correct answer: An instruction delivered during trance to be acted upon after the session ends, often triggered by a cue
A post-hypnotic suggestion is delivered while the client is in trance and is designed to produce a specific response or behavior after the session has concluded, typically triggered by a prearranged cue.
Question 3: Automatic writing in hypnosis is primarily used to:
- Help clients practice handwriting skills in a relaxed state
- Access unconscious material by allowing the hand to write without conscious direction or intent (Correct answer)
- Record the hypnotist's instructions so the client can review them later
- Test the depth of hypnotic trance using a standardized script
Correct answer: Access unconscious material by allowing the hand to write without conscious direction or intent
Automatic writing allows the unconscious mind to express itself through writing movements made without conscious direction, potentially revealing unconscious thoughts, conflicts, or memories.
Question 4: Hypnotic analgesia refers to:
- Complete surgical-level anesthesia with total sensory blockade induced by hypnosis
- The reduction or elimination of pain perception through hypnotic suggestion (Correct answer)
- A technique used to help clients vividly re-experience past painful events
- The use of hypnosis to increase pain tolerance by redirecting the client's attention
Correct answer: The reduction or elimination of pain perception through hypnotic suggestion
Hypnotic analgesia is the reduction or elimination of pain perception achieved through hypnotic suggestion, specifically targeting the pain experience without necessarily producing complete sensory numbness.
Question 5: Dissociation as a hypnotic phenomenon involves:
- A complete break from conscious awareness, similar to fainting or losing consciousness
- A separation between different aspects of consciousness, allowing detachment from an experience (Correct answer)
- The merging of two separate personality states during deep trance
- An inability to form new mental associations between concepts while hypnotized
Correct answer: A separation between different aspects of consciousness, allowing detachment from an experience
Dissociation in hypnosis refers to the separation or compartmentalization of aspects of consciousness, enabling a person to psychologically detach from their immediate experience or bodily sensations.
Question 6: Glove anesthesia is a hypnotic technique primarily used to:
- Assess whether a client can achieve somnambulistic depth of trance
- Create numbness in the hand and then transfer that numbness to another body area by touch (Correct answer)
- Help clients with hand-washing compulsions and contamination fears
- Train clients to use hand placement as a self-hypnosis induction anchor
Correct answer: Create numbness in the hand and then transfer that numbness to another body area by touch
In glove anesthesia, hypnotic numbness is created in the hand — as if wearing an anesthetic glove — and then the numb hand is placed on another body area to transfer the numbing sensation where relief is needed.
Question 7: Somnambulism in hypnosis refers to:
- A light trance level characterized by relaxation but full critical awareness
- A very deep trance level where subjects can open their eyes and move while remaining fully hypnotized (Correct answer)
- The dream-like state that occurs during ordinary nighttime sleep
- Involuntary sleepwalking that is directly triggered by the hypnotist's suggestion
Correct answer: A very deep trance level where subjects can open their eyes and move while remaining fully hypnotized
Somnambulism in hypnosis describes the deepest level of trance in which subjects can open their eyes, move, speak, and interact with their environment while remaining fully in the hypnotic state.
BCH Hypnotic Phenomena & Classical Phenomena 2
A negative hallucination in hypnosis is demonstrated when a subject: