Prior to hypnosis, subjects were informed either that hypnotizable subjects can resist motonc suggestions or that such control does not characterize good hypnotic subjects. During hypnosis, susceptible and simulating subjects received countersuggestions involving inhibiting suggestion-related movements Susceptible subjects' responses were found to be sensitive to prehypnotic normative information There was a corresponding tendency for reports of involuntanness to be sensitive to the expectancy manipulation Furthermore, subjects were able to feel deeply hypnotized and to rate themselves as good subjects yet concomitantly experience themselves as in control over their actions when normative information supported this attribution Reports of suggestion-related sensations but not imaginative involvement were associated with movements m response to countersuggestion. Simulators were unable to fake susceptibles' reports of sensations and involuntanness However, for all subjects, movements paralleled expectancies about appropriate response, supporting the hypothesis that involuntary experiences are sensitive to the broad expectational context and are mediated by active cognitive processes Also, rapport with the hypnotist was found to be a factor Susceptible subjects with highly positive rapport resolved hypnotic conflict, in part, by achieving a compromise between meeting normative expectations and complying with the hypnotist's counterdemandWe gratefully extend our thanks to Kevin McConkey, Nicholas P. Spanos, and Michael Snodgrass for their helpful comments on an earlier version of this manuscript We also extend our appreciation to Jothiratnam,
This article is based on the first author's doctoral dissertation in clinical psychology in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the doctoral degree at Ohio University. The dissertation was conducted under the direction of the second authorWe gratefully acknowledge the assistance of John
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