CHT Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance

Question 1

What is an ideomotor response in hypnotherapy?

Accepted Answer

An involuntary muscle movement triggered by thought or imagination

Answer

Ideomotor responses are small, involuntary muscular movements (such as finger signals) that occur in response to thoughts or internal imagery, without conscious deliberate action.

Question 2

Which scale is most widely used by hypnotherapists to measure hypnotic depth or responsiveness?

Accepted Answer

The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS)

Answer

The Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS), developed by Weitzenhoffer and Hilgard, is the most widely recognized standardized measure of hypnotic responsiveness.

Question 3

In hypnosis, catalepsy refers to which of the following?

Accepted Answer

Rigid, waxy muscular immobility that can be elicited in a hypnotic subject

Answer

Catalepsy is a hypnotic phenomenon characterized by muscular rigidity or waxy flexibility, where a limb remains in whatever position it is placed.

Question 4

Arm levitation during hypnotic induction is a classic example of which type of phenomenon?

Accepted Answer

Ideomotor phenomenon

Answer

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.

Question 5

Hypnotic amnesia is best described as which of the following?

Accepted Answer

The inability to recall events or suggestions from a hypnotic session

Answer

Hypnotic amnesia refers to the forgetting of hypnotic experiences or suggestions, either occurring spontaneously or as a result of direct suggestion from the hypnotherapist.

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CHT Hypnotic Phenomena and Depth of Trance