BCH Trance Depth Assessment 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which behavioral indicator best distinguishes a medium trance from a light trance?
- Relaxed eyelid closure
- Catalepsy of the dominant hand (Correct answer)
- Slowed breathing rate
- Reduced eye movement
Correct 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.
Question 2: A client in the Davis-Husband scale at level 6 would MOST likely demonstrate which response?
- Complete amnesia for the session
- Partial limb catalepsy (Correct answer)
- Positive visual hallucinations
- Somnambulism
Correct answer: Partial limb catalepsy
Level 6 on the Davis-Husband scale corresponds to partial catalepsy, a mid-range trance phenomenon.
Question 3: The Elman Induction is designed to achieve what depth within the first few minutes?
- Light alpha state
- Somnambulism (Correct answer)
- Delta sleep
- Hypnagogic threshold
Correct answer: Somnambulism
Dave Elman's rapid induction protocol targets somnambulism because most therapeutic phenomena require that depth.
Question 4: Which cue would a hypnotist MOST rely upon to confirm eye catalepsy without a verbal challenge?
- Asking the subject to open their eyes
- Observing rapid eye movements under closed lids
- Noticing eyelid flutter ceasing and lids appearing 'glued' (Correct answer)
- Measuring pupil dilation
Correct 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.
Question 5: In trance depth assessment, 'arm levitation' is typically classified as a phenomenon of which depth range?
- Hypnoidal / very light
- Light trance
- Medium trance (Correct answer)
- Deep somnambulism
Correct answer: Medium trance
Arm levitation is an ideomotor response that reliably appears in the medium trance range on most standard scales.
Question 6: A subject who spontaneously forgets post-hypnotic suggestions without a specific amnesia instruction is most likely in which state?
- Light trance
- Medium trance
- Somnambulistic trance (Correct answer)
- Hypnoidal state
Correct answer: Somnambulistic trance
Spontaneous amnesia — forgetting without explicit suggestion — is a characteristic marker of somnambulistic depth.
Question 7: Which statement about subjective depth scales is MOST accurate for a BCH practitioner?
- They replace objective behavioral scales entirely
- They provide self-report data that should be cross-checked with behavioral indicators (Correct answer)
- They are more reliable than physiological measures
- They are only used in stage hypnosis
Correct 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.
BCH Trance Depth Assessment 2
Which behavioral indicator best distinguishes a medium trance from a light trance?