AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

UNDERSTANDING CONSCIOUSNESS AND HYPNOSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Hypnotized people are no more likely to perform dangerous acts than those who are asked to simulate hypnosis. This fact is most consistent with
A
Social Influence Theory
B
The Activation-Synthesis Theory
C
Dissociation Theory
D
Dualism Theory
E
Freud’s Dream Theory
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taking a different approach to explain hypnosis, the social-cognitive theory of hypnosis sees people in hypnotic states as performing the social role of a hypnotized person. As you will learn when you study social roles, people’s behavior can be shaped by their expectations of how they should act in a given situation.

Detailed explanation-2: -social influence. Hypnotized people are no more likely to perform dangerous acts than those who are asked to simulate hypnosis. This fact is most consistent with. withdrawal theory. social influence theory.

Detailed explanation-3: -The sociocognitive theory of hypnosis suggests that . People in hypnotic states are performing the social role of a hypnotized person.

Detailed explanation-4: -Advocates of the social influence theory of hypnosis would suggest that: hypnotized subjects are people caught up in playing the role of hypnotic subject for the hypnotist.

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