Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility

Let US look at a modern hypnotic procedure, the administration of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Form C. This is a standardized psychological test procedure widely used in research for determining how hypnotizable a subject is. 

If a part of your mind is rather incredulous, it is quite understandable— especially if I add that there are more dramatic hypnotic phenomena than those included in Form C we have two forms of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scales for testing really talented subjects ... 

Weitzenhoffer, A., and Hilgard, E. Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale, Forms A andB. Palo Alto, Calif Consulting Psychologists Press, 1959. 

Susceptibility Ability to be hypnotized or to respond to hypnotic suggestion, as measured by such scales as the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale and the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Suggestibility. 

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