CHT Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance 3

Question 1

What is a post-hypnotic suggestion?

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A suggestion given during hypnosis that is designed to influence the subject's behavior or experience after the session ends

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A suggestion given only during the waking state to prepare for trance

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A suggestion that must be repeated across multiple sessions to be effective

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A suggestion used exclusively for pain management purposes

Question 2

Age regression in hypnosis involves which of the following?

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Guiding the client to mentally revisit and re-experience an earlier time in their life

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Progressing the client's timeline into a future desired state

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Assisting the client in forgetting traumatic childhood memories permanently

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Inducing a state of childlike playfulness without memory access

Question 3

A 'positive hallucination' in hypnotherapy means the subject:

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Perceives something that is not actually present in the environment

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Reports only pleasant imagery during trance

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Recalls a positive emotional memory with vivid detail

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Is highly suggestible and responds positively to all suggestions

Question 4

Chevreul's pendulum is used in hypnotherapy primarily as:

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A demonstration of ideomotor response and a method for unconscious communication

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An eye-fixation induction tool to induce trance rapidly

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A biofeedback device measuring galvanic skin response

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A relaxation prop used during guided imagery sessions

Question 5

Which of the following best describes 'glove anesthesia' as used in clinical hypnotherapy?

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A hypnotic technique in which the hand is made numb through suggestion, and that numbness is then transferred to another area of the body

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A pharmaceutical technique involving topical anesthetics applied to the hand

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A method of testing glove-like catalepsy in the upper extremities

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A relaxation induction starting with the fingers and moving up the arm

Question 6

In assessing hypnotic depth, which behavioral sign is most associated with a medium or 'hypnoidal' trance level?

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Increased relaxation, slower breathing, and reluctance to move or speak

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Full somnambulism with open-eyed trance and positive hallucinations

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Ability to perform complex post-hypnotic tasks without amnesia

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Complete analgesia sufficient for surgical procedures

Question 7

Which of the following is an example of a sensory dissociation phenomenon in hypnosis?

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The client feels detached from their body or observes themselves from a distance as if watching a movie

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The client experiences full body paralysis and cannot speak

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The client spontaneously begins to cry without an identifiable cause

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The client reports heightened awareness of all environmental sounds