Hypnosis can be best described as
A) a hypothetical method for influencing behavior that is more myth than science.
B) a type of meditation.
C) a procedure of inducing a heightened state of suggestibility.
D) a trance-like state.
Answer: C
Rationale: Hypnosis is a procedure of inducing a heightened state of suggestibility. According to this definition, hypnosis is about suggestibility, it is not mind control as is often portrayed.
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a. It is okay for more of a father's inheritance to go to his son than his daughter. b. It is wrong to eat beef. c. It is okay for a woman who is menstruating to cook food for her family. d. It is wrong to inflict harm intentionally.
The idea that behavior must be judged relative to the values of the culture in which it occurs is called
a. relative deprivation. b. normal behavior. c. ethnocentric behavior. d. cultural relativity.