AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -A posthypnotic suggestion is the suggestion made to the person being hypnotized during hypnosis that he/she may carry out after the hypnosis session.

Detailed explanation-2: -posthypnotic suggestion a suggestion made to a person during hypnosis that he or she acts out after the hypnotic trance. The suggested act may be carried out in response to a prearranged cue, and the person may not know why he or she is performing the action.

Detailed explanation-3: -Effectiveness of Post-hypnotic Suggestions Over Time As long as the context and conditions are right, the Patient will be able to respond to the post-hypnotic suggestion in the distant future without any conscious memory of it being given. However, if the context is not right, the suggestion may be ineffective.

Detailed explanation-4: -Posthypnotic suggestion can create a trigger in a person that causes them to react violently. The CIA investigated hypnosis as a possible tool for interrogating prisoners. Why did they decide it was unsuitable for that purpose? Hypnotic suggestion has been shown to help patients prep and recover from surgery.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hypnotic suggestions are those that are intended to have an effect while an individual is in a state of hypnosis. Whereas post-hypnotic suggestions, as the name suggests, are intended to have an effect later on, outside of the hypnotic state.