1. Influence of rapport on hypnotically induced pseudomemory
- Author
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Sheehan, Peter W., Green, Vanessa, and Truesdale, Patricia
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Memory -- Psychological aspects ,Hypnotism -- Psychological aspects ,Psychology and mental health - Abstract
Three studies examined the influence of rapport on pseudomemory. Study I tested eight groups of 22 subjects in a 2 (level of susceptibility: high, low) x 2 (state instruction: hypnosis, waking) x (rapport: present, reduced) design, rapport being inhibited by the hypnotist criticizing subjects, performance. Pseudomemory was tested by a second experimenter who also criticized subjects. Study 2 varied level of susceptibility and rapport for 88 hypnotically instructed subjects where criticism was offered only by the second experimenter. Study 3 analyzed effects among 44 highly susceptible hypnotic subjects where the second experimenter refrained from criticizing subjects. Data indicated a significant association between rapport with the hypnotist and pseudomemory in cued recall, strength of pseudomemory being appreciably lowered when negative hypnotist rapport was reinforced by the person testing pseudomemory., A study to examine the importance of rapport in hypnotically induced pseudomemory was conducted. There were three studies made to explore the role rapport had in the study. Subjects for the entire study numbered 209 women and 99 men. Results indicate that rapport has great influence on cued recall. Rapport increases when subjects are positively reinforced and decreases when negatively reinforced. A number of alternative explanations are provided.
- Published
- 1992