Mesmer's strange "treatments" are related to hypnosis because they actually relied on
a. animal magnetism.
b. a deep sleep or trance-like state of consciousness.
c. the power of suggestion.
d. intentional fraud and deception.
ANSWER: c
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a) How old were the research participants?
b) Were any of the children diagnosed as suffering a psychological disorder?
c) Were the research participants sufficiently relaxed when the study began?
d) Would the same results have occurred if the researcher was not a proponent of hypnosis?
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