Induction procedures

An example is the equating of the hypnotic state, the d-ASC of hypnosis, with the performance of the hypnotic induction procedure. 

This standardized induction procedure takes between twelve and fifteen minutes, depending on how rapidly the hypnotist reads the script. Following this induction, a standard set of instructions is followed to test how responsive the subject is, how deeply hypnotized he is. 

An example is the equating of the hypnotic state, the d-ASC of hypnosis, with the performance of the hypnotic induction procedure. The hypnotic state is a psychological construct or, if induction has been successful, an experiential reality to the hypnotized person. It is not defined by external measurements. There are no obvious behavioral manifestations that clearly indicate hypnosis has occurred and no known physiological changes that invariably accompany hypnosis. The hypnotic procedure, on the other had, the words that they hypnotist says aloud, is highly amenable to physical measurement. An investigator can film the hypnotic procedure, tape-record the hypnotist s voice, measure the sound intensity of the hypnotist s voice, and accumulate a variety of precise, reproducible physical measurements. But that investigator makes a serious mistake if he then describes the responses of the... 

When an induction procedure is physiological, as when a drug is used, the temptation to equate the induction procedure with the altered state is especially great. But the two are not the same, even in this case. As discussed in Chapter 10, smoking marijuana does not necessarily cause a transition out of the b-SoC. Nor, as is shown in Chapter 14, is knowledge of the dose of the drug an adequate specification of depth. 

The third step is to map the various d-SoCs of particular individuals in detail. What are the main features of each state What induction procedures produce the state What deinduction procedures cause a person to transit out of it What are the limits of stability of the state What uses, advantages does the state have What disadvantages or dangers Flow is the depth measured What are the convenient marker phenomena to rapidly measure depth ... 

An example is the equating of the hypnotic state, the d-ASC of hypnosis, with the performance of the hypnotic induction procedure. The hypnotic state is a psychological construct or, if induction has been successful, an experiential reality to the hypnotized person. It is not defined by external measurements. There... 

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