Abstract
64 subjects were administered both the Carleton University Responsiveness to Suggestion Scale and a modified version of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C. For half of the subjects both scales were preceded by administration of the Carleton hypnotic induction procedure. For the remaining subjects both scales were preceded by administration of the Stanford Hypnotic induction procedure. Contrary to a hypothesis propounded by Kihlstrom in 1985, type of induction procedure produced no significant differences on behavioral or subjective responding on either scale. Significant discrepancies between overt and subjective responding occurred on both scales; however, the magnitude of these discrepancies was not related to types of induction on either scale.
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