Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance Flashcards
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What is an ideomotor response in hypnotherapy?
Answer: An involuntary muscle movement triggered by thought or imagination
Ideomotor responses are small, involuntary muscular movements (such as finger signals) that occur in response to thoughts or internal imagery, without conscious deliberate action.
Which scale is most widely used by hypnotherapists to measure hypnotic depth or responsiveness?
Answer: The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS)
The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS), developed by Weitzenhoffer and Hilgard, is the most widely recognized standardized measure of hypnotic responsiveness.
In hypnosis, catalepsy refers to which of the following?
Answer: Rigid, waxy muscular immobility that can be elicited in a hypnotic subject
Catalepsy is a hypnotic phenomenon characterized by muscular rigidity or waxy flexibility, where a limb remains in whatever position it is placed.
Arm levitation during hypnotic induction is a classic example of which type of phenomenon?
Answer: Ideomotor phenomenon
Arm levitation is an ideomotor phenomenon where the suggestion of lightness causes the arm to rise involuntarily as a result of unconscious muscular activity driven by mental imagery.
Hypnotic amnesia is best described as which of the following?
Answer: The inability to recall events or suggestions from a hypnotic session
Hypnotic amnesia refers to the forgetting of hypnotic experiences or suggestions, either occurring spontaneously or as a result of direct suggestion from the hypnotherapist.
The Davis-Husband scale is used in hypnotherapy to assess what?
Answer: The degree of hypnotic depth across multiple stages
The Davis-Husband scale (1931) is a classic hypnotic depth scale that categorizes trance levels from 0 (insusceptible) through deeper stages including somnambulism.
Which hypnotic phenomenon involves a subject being unable to open their eyes despite trying, due to direct suggestion?
Answer: Eye catalepsy
Eye catalepsy is a classic test suggestion in which the hypnotist suggests the eyelids are sealed shut, and the subject finds they cannot open them despite effort, indicating a responsive hypnotic state.