Suggestibility during the execution of a posthypnotic suggestion.

Hypnotically induced dreams using the Rorschach inkblots as stimuli: A test of Freud's theory of dreams.

“…Another viable alternate explanation derives from research by Reyher and Smyth (1971) in which they reported that a reinstatement of hypnosis was brought about by the subject's posthypnotic execution of a suggestion if the suggestion previously had been executed under hypnosis, even though a specific posthypnotic suggestion to execute the suggestion was not given. Although this finding requires replication before it can be used as factual material for reinterpreting the results of the present investigation, it is germane.…”

“…Since the results strongly supported the experimental hypothesis, a replication study was performed with the addition of a simulating group to evaluate alternate explanations based upon demand characteristics of the research design. Although the demand characteristics of the real-simulator design are not the same for the hypnosis and the simulating subjects (K. S. Bowers, 1966;Reyher, 1967Reyher, , 1971Reyher & Smyth, 1971), simulating subjects can provide meaningful information as another treatment group if susceptible subjects are used and no extra task-motivating instructions are included. The use of unsusceptible subjects and extra motivating instructions in the real-simulator design (Coe, 1966;O'Connell, Shor, & Orne, 1970;Orne, 1959;Sheehan, 1971) hopelessly confounds the experimental design.…”

Psychopathology as a function of neuroticism and a hypnotically implanted aggressive conflict.

“…In Reyher and Smyth's (1971) study, the psychopathology generated was particularly severe, because both positive and negative visual hallucinations and a hysterical paralysis were observed. Reyher and Smyth speculated that the aggressive impulse in their study may have been imbued with an unusually strong impetus because the experimenter-hypnotist repeatedly frustrated the subjects by posthypnotic suggestions that deprived them of the ego functions of speech and motility.…”

“…Requests for reprints should be sent to Larry D. Smyth, Florida State Unversity Counseling Center, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida 32306. Reyher & Smyth, 1971;Sommerschield & Reyher, 1973).…”

Can Hypnotized Subjects Simulate Waking Behavior?

“…Insusceptible 5s are asked by a coexperimenter to fake hypnosis to fool another experimenter, and they are given a variety of ego involving or motivating instructions that are not given to the hypnotized 5 s. This is known as the real-simulator design (O'Connell, Shor & Orne, 1971;Orne, 1959;Sheehan, 1971). This design has been criticized by several investigators for a variety of reasons: (a) the inclusion of insusceptible 5s as simulators introduces subject variables (Reyher, 1967(Reyher, , 1969Spanos & Chaves, 1970;Sarbin & Coe, in press); (b) instructions to simulate alter the demand characteristics of the research for the simulating 5s (Reyher, 1967); (c) each of the ego involving or motivating instructions to the simulators represents a confounding variable (Reyher & Smyth, 1971); and (d) confusing phenotypic identity with genotypic identity (Bowers, 1971;Reyher, 1962Reyher, , 1967.…”