Lynn S J, Green J P, Weekes J R, Carlson B W, Brentar J, Latham L, Kurzhals R
Psychology Department, Ohio University, Athens 45701.
Am J Clin Hypn. 1990 Oct;33(2):113-9. doi: 10.1080/00029157.1990.10402913.
To extend previous literalism research with hypnotized and simulating subjects, we compared literalism rates of hypnotized, highly hypnotizable subjects (N = 12) with nonhypnotized, task-motivated subjects (N = 12) who were also highly hypnotizable. Six questions of the type used by Erickson (e.g., "Do you mind telling me your name?") constituted tests of literalism (scored if response is "Yes" or "No," either verbally or nonverbally). Whereas Erickson claimed that 97% of his "deep trance" subjects and 90% of his "medium trance" subjects exhibited literal responses, we found that 87.5% of hypnotized, high-hypnotizable subjects' responses were nonliteral. Hypnotized and task-motivated subjects did not differ in their literal responding to the individual questions or when their scores were summed across questions. No support was secured for Erickson's assertion that literalism is a cardinal feature of hypnosis.
为了扩展之前对被催眠和模拟受试者的逐字主义研究，我们将被催眠的、高度可催眠的受试者（N = 12）与同样高度可催眠的、有任务动机的非被催眠受试者（N = 12）的逐字主义率进行了比较。埃里克森使用的那种类型的六个问题（例如，“你介意告诉我你的名字吗？”）构成了逐字主义测试（如果回答是“是”或“否”，无论口头还是非口头，都计分）。虽然埃里克森声称他的“深度恍惚”受试者中有97%，“中度恍惚”受试者中有90%表现出逐字回答，但我们发现，被催眠的、高度可催眠的受试者中有87.5%的回答是非逐字的。被催眠和有任务动机的受试者在对各个问题的逐字回答上，以及将他们在各个问题上的得分相加时，没有差异。埃里克森关于逐字主义是催眠的一个主要特征的断言没有得到支持。
