Abstract
Abstract The literature on hypnotism can be divided into three categories. One is concerned with therapy and diagnosis, one with the nature, the dynamics and the technique of hypnosis, and the third—quantitatively small—with the use of hypnosis as an instrument for probing into general psychological problems. This paper deals exclusively with the purpose of the third category, although occasional use is being made of some of the other findings. In this third group now and then experiments are encountered that make one wonder why the subjects were hypnotized, since the same results could have been achieved without hypnosis. On the other hand, there are experiments which unambiguously reveal advantages which the use of hypnosis gives the experimenting psychologist. Two situations in particular seem to be noteworthy: one obtains when it is necessary to eliminate factors that cannot be eliminated by volition, the other when states are to be scrutinized or measured that cannot be produced at will. Our intentio...
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