“What’s in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet;” – William Shakespeare
What’s in a name?
The above quote by Shakespeare, according to phrase finder, means that it does not matter what you call something, what matters is what it is.
According to the findings of Balaganesh Gandhi and David A. Oakley of The University College, London, Hypnosis Unit, a name has more value than we would think.
They did a study where they separated two groups of of individuals, for both groups they used the same hypnosis induction, however, for one group they were told it is hypnosis and for the other they simply called it a relaxation exercise.
Expected expectancy and Suggestibility
The results were interesting. The group that were told that they were undergoing a hypnosis induction, relaxed, and when tested for suggestibility, the results were quite high.
The group that underwent the same process but were told it was a relaxation exercise also relaxed and when tested for suggestibility had very low results, though there were some.
Conclusion
This proves the point that expectancy in hypnosis is a very important factor.
However, this does not mean hypnosis cannot be done without calling it hypnosis, you can just simply frame it to gain the same expectancy of hypnosis.
“What’s in a name? that which we call hypnosis By any other name, keeping expectation the same, will have the same amount of gain” – Leo Gopal
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