The Objectionable Act as a Mechanism for Testing the Coercive Power of the Hypnotic State

Some Conditions of Compliance and Resistance among Hypnotic Subjects

“…Experiments in which unlawful behavior was requested and could actually have been carried out (Coe, Kobayashi, & Howard, 1972, 1973; 4. Experiments in which hypnotized subjects were requested to perform acts that were disagreeable or in bad taste (Levitt, Overley, & Rubinstein, 1975;Levitt, Aronoff, Morgan, Overley, & Parrish, 1975); 5. Investigations in which the subjects were asked by an accomplice to resist the hypnotist's suggestions (e.g., Young, 1927Young, , 1928Wells, 1941;Hilgard, 1963;Field & Dworkin, 1967;Zamansky, 1977;Levitt & Henderson, 1980).…”