ABSTRACT
CONTENT
Specification of Consequent Variables
Quantification of Consequent Variables
Specification of Antecedent Variables
Instruction-suggestion variables
Subject variables
Experimenter variables
Subject-experimenter variables
Functional Relations between Antecedent and Consequent Variables
Function Relations between Antecedent Variable 1 (Wording and Tone of Direct Suggestions) and Response to Test-Suggestion
Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 2 (Task-Motivational Instructions) and Response to Test-Suggestions
Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 3 (Definition of the Situation) and Response to Test-Suggestions
Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 4 (Relaxation-Sleep Suggestions) and Response to Test-Suggestions Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 5 (Wording and Tone of Inquiry) and Subjective Responses to Test-Suggestions
Functional Relations between Antecedent Variables 6 and 7 (Subject’s Attitudes and Expectations) and Response to Test- Suggestions
Attitudes and expectations with respect to hypnotism
Task expectancy
Expectancy of appropriate behavior
A Failure to Demonstrate Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 8 (Subjects’ Personality Characteristics) and Response to Test-Suggestions
Functional Relations between Antecedent Variables 9 and 10 (Experimenter Role Behavior and Personal Characteristics) and Response to Test-Suggestions
Suggested Functional Relations between Antecedent Variable 11 (Interpersonal Relationship between Subject and Experimenter) and Response to Test-Suggestions
Functional Relationships between Consequent Variable B (Subjects’Reports of Having Been Hypnotized) and Five Antecedent Variables
Functional Relations between Consequent Variable C (Hypnotic Appearance) and Four Antecedent Variables
Convergence and Interaction of Antecedent Variables
Theoretical Integration
Interpretation of Effects of Four Antecedent Variables
Definition of the Situation
Relaxation-sleep suggestions
Wording and tone of inquiry
Subjects’ personality characteristics
Formulation of Theoretical Statements which are Closely Tied to Research
Future Prospects
Consequent variables
Antecedent Variables
Relations between antecedent-consequent variables
Parsimonious conceptualization
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