TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypnosis and suggested pseudomemory
T2 - The relevance of test context
AU - McConkey, Kevin M.
AU - Labelle, Louise
AU - Bibb, Bernadette C.
AU - Bryant, Richard A.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - High and low hypnotisable subjects were shown a series of slides depicting a purse‐snatching. Subsequently, in either hypnotic or nonhypnotic (control) conditions it was suggested to subjects that they had seen a scarf on the offender. Subjects' reporting of this suggested pseudomemory was tested when they were with the first experimenter, twice when they were with an independent second experimenter, and when they were contacted away from the laboratory by an independent third experimenter. The findings indicated that pseudomemory reporting occurred similarly in the hypnotic and nonhypnotic conditions, but that it occurred for more high than low hypnotisable subjects. Pseudomemory reporting decreased when it was assessed away from the laboratory setting. These findings are discussed in terms of the cognitive and social factors that appear to influence suggested pseudomemory. 1990 Australian Psychological Society
AB - High and low hypnotisable subjects were shown a series of slides depicting a purse‐snatching. Subsequently, in either hypnotic or nonhypnotic (control) conditions it was suggested to subjects that they had seen a scarf on the offender. Subjects' reporting of this suggested pseudomemory was tested when they were with the first experimenter, twice when they were with an independent second experimenter, and when they were contacted away from the laboratory by an independent third experimenter. The findings indicated that pseudomemory reporting occurred similarly in the hypnotic and nonhypnotic conditions, but that it occurred for more high than low hypnotisable subjects. Pseudomemory reporting decreased when it was assessed away from the laboratory setting. These findings are discussed in terms of the cognitive and social factors that appear to influence suggested pseudomemory. 1990 Australian Psychological Society
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U2 - 10.1080/00049539008260118
DO - 10.1080/00049539008260118
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84990168685
SN - 0004-9530
VL - 42
SP - 197
EP - 205
JO - Australian Journal of Psychology
JF - Australian Journal of Psychology
IS - 2
ER -