Finding the hypnotic virtuoso--another look: a brief communication.
Student volunteers who scored 9 (N = 20), 10 (N = 19), 11 (N = 26), and 12 (N = 15) on a live-administered Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility (HGSHS:A) of Shor and E. Orne (1962) were retested with the individually administered Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS:C) of Weitzenhoffer and Hilgard (1962). There appeared to be a break in HGSHS:A's predictive ability at 11 suggestions passed. Whereas a majority of Ss who passed at least 11 HGSHS:A suggestions retested in SHSS:C "virtuoso" range (i.e., passed at least 11 suggestions), a relatively small percentage of Ss who passed fewer than 11 HGSHS:A suggestions retested as SHSS:C virtuosos. These results are generally consistent with previous research (Register & Kihlstrom, 1986) using a standard taped-recorded HGSHS:A induction.
Green
J P
JP
Department of Psychology, Ohio University, Athens 45701-2979.
Lynn
S J
SJ
Carlson
B W
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D000647:Amnesia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006990:Hypnosis; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality; D011379:Prognosis; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013637:Tape Recording