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Hypnotic responding and self-deception

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1997

Irving Kirsch
Irving Kirsch
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269-1020 irvingk@uconnvm.uconn.edu
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Abstract

As understood by neodissociation and sociocognitive theorists, hypnotic responses are instances of self-deception. Neodissociation theory matches the strict definition of Sackeim and Gur (1978) and sociocognitive theory matches Mele's looser definition. Recent data indicate that many hypnotized individuals deceive themselves into holding conflicting beliefs without dissociating, but others convince themselves that the suggested state of affairs is true without simultaneously holding a contrary belief.

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Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 118 - 119
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© 1997 Cambridge University Press

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