Hypnotic Susceptibility and Conformity: On the Mediational Mechanism of Suggestibility

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A preliminary investigation was undertaken to scrutinize the relationship between hypnotic susceptibility, as measured by the Spiegel Hypnotic Induction Profile, and conformity, determined by means of the classic Asch (1) paradigm. It was assumed that suggestibility is the construct mediating the synthesis of these two research areas. The profile was administered to 8 male and 2 female subjects following which they participated in the Asch compliance paradigm of line-length estimation. Significant correlations between hypnotic susceptibility and conformity as well as between hypnotic susceptibility and grade of conformity suggest that hypnotic susceptibility is a reasonable predictor of conformity, and both appear to be tied to the construct of suggestibility. These data lend validational support to Spiegel's profile which has come under dispute in recent years.

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