When researchers agree with the explanation that hypnosis
works for some people because their executive functioning weakens enough to allow a true altered state of consciousness, they are in favor of the _____
a) theory of dissociated control.
b) Freudian theory of hypnosis.
c) neodissociation theory of hypnosis.
d) sociocognitive theory of hypnosis.
Answer: a
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a. resist cultural norms of altruism. b. ally themselves with deindividuated people. c. unable to perceive the need to render aid. d. more altruistic.
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