A psychologist is giving a demonstration of hypnosis. After asking the client to "relax and concentrate," he proceeds to ask her to "lock the fingers of both hands so tightly they cannot be separated." What is the purpose of this request?

a) to judge the participant's level of suggestibility to hypnosis
b) to divert the client's attention while the hypnotist tries to play a trick on her
c) to determine if the participant should be in the control or experimental group
d) to determine if the client has ever had a past life regression that could be called forth

A