Hypnosis, hypnotizability, and imagery-mediated learning

Autor: Steven Jay Lynn, Francis S. Bellezza, Carol A. Sweeney
Rok vydání: 1986
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Zdroj: International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 34:29-40
ISSN: 1744-5183
0020-7144
DOI: 10.1080/00207148608407390
Popis: The relationship between hypnotizability, imagery utilization ability, and hypnosis was examined in a study described to Ss (N = 157) as an “imagery experiment.” In Session 1, the Tellegen Absorption Scale (Tellegen, 1976) was completed and the imagery-mediated paired-associate learning task was administered as a baseline measure. In Session 2, either hypnosis, task motivation, or no treatment instructions were administered and the learning task was repeated with a different word list (each 15 high, 15 low imagery pairs). In Session 3, the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility, Form A (Shor & E. C. Orne, 1962) was administered. Overall, recall was superior for high imagery words. Hypnotizability was not associated with imagery-mediated recall. Recall performance, however, was correlated with Tellegen Absorption Scale scores. Interestingly, learning and recall performance decreased between Sessions 1 and 2 for hypnotized Ss but remained the same for task motivated and control Ss. The decr...
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