An experimental study of compliance and post-hypnotic amnesia.
A procedure was devised to test the hypothesis that the traditional measure of post-hypnotic amnesia, which involves determining the number of items recalled before and after a 'release' signal, may be significantly biased by compliance. One group of subjects (group B) was given an opportunity to 'own-up' to compliant behaviour before being tested for post-hypnotic amnesia. Another group (group A) was only given the opportunity to own-up after being tested for amnesia. Results indicated a very strong compliance effect, group A showed significantly more post-hypnotic amnesia than group B.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000647:Amnesia / Q000209:etiology*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D011939:Mental Recall; D012647:Self-Assessment