You are watching a movie in which the main character agrees to be hypnotized. The hypnotist suggests that the character focus on an object and then suggests that he is getting sleepy. Then the character, while hypnotized, engages in a criminal act. What is your educated response to this depiction of hypnosis?
A. People who are hypnotized keep to their standards of morality.
B. A hypnotist could force a person to become hypnotized.
C. Hypnosis can make people do things they consider wrong.
D. This Hollywood depiction of the dangers of hypnosis is accurate.
Answer: A
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