Self-study
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Summary
A recent study explores the connection between hypnosis and increased power of recall. The subjects of the study listened to a long, unfamiliar piece of music. Then, under hypnosis, half of the subjects were asked to recall passages from the musical piece. The other half were asked to describe scenes from a film “they had just viewed” even though there was no film. The study found the group that recalled the film were equally confident and detailed in their recollections as the other group in their music recollections.
Strongly Supported Conclusions
What people recall under hypnosis could be influenced by things suggested to them.
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This answer is unsupported. The stimulus may suggest that the claim that hypnosis can improve recall is overstated, but we don't know about any other claims.
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This answer is unsupported. From the stimulus, it seems that recall under hypnosis can be influenced by suggestion, but that doesn't eliminate the possibility that hypnosis can also improve recall of true events.
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Recalling events under ████████ ██████████ ███████ ██ █████ █████████
This answer is unsupported. To say hypnosis “inevitably” results in false memories is too strong. All we know for sure is that recall under hypnosis can sometimes result in false memories.
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This answer is strongly supported. In the study described, hypnotized subjects recalled details of a film they hadn't seen. That means that suggestions appear to have influenced what the subjects recalled.
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This answer is unsupported. We don’t know anything about a person’s visual memory based on the stimulus. Nothing in the study compared visual and auditory memory.