Hypnosis
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, is an altered state of consciousness and heightened
responsiveness to suggestion; it may be induced in normal people by a
variety of methods and has been used in medical and psychiatric treatment.
Most frequently hypnosis is brought about through the actions of an
operator, the hypnotist, who en ....
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.... sensory, and physiological experiences. When a hypnotist induces a
trance, a close relationship or rapport develops between operator and
subject. The responses of subjects in the trance state, and the phenomena
or behavior they manifest objectively, are the product of their
motivational set; that is, behavior reflects what is being sought from the
experience.
Most people can be easily hypnotized. The depth of trance, however, will
vary from a light state close to waking, to a profoun ....
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