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Article: Expect the unexpected: Ability, attitude, and responsiveness to hypnosis
- Article from:
- American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
- Article date:
- January 1, 2007
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Society of Clinical Hypnosis Jan 2007. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Benham, G, Woody, E. Z., Wilson, K., & Nash, M. R. (2006). Expect the unexpected: Ability, attitude, and responsiveness to hypnosis. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91(2), 342-350. This is another important recent article which demonstrates how factors related to expectancy and ability may interact in shaping hypnotic experiences. The authors administered the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale: Form C to 90 undergraduate students. The authors asked the participants at various times throughout the experiment how responsive to hypnosis they thought they would be on a 1 to 20 scale. This question was designed to elicit expectancy ratings prior to the experience of the ...