Brandon got hypnotized at a student life activity as part of a performance. the crowd laughed as brandon was told by the hypnoti

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Brandon got hypnotized at a student life activity as part of a performance. the crowd laughed as brandon was told by the hypnoti

st to recite the pledge of allegiance in martian. afterward, his friends speculated that brandon was not faking hypnosis, but he was behaving as he expected hypnotized people to behave. this represents the __________ theory of hypnosis.

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hjlf · Answer 1 · 2022-02-28T03:43:11+03:00

This represents the sociocognitive theory of hypnosis.
This theory holds that we will behave according to what we saw other people behaving like. So, according to Brandon's friends and this theory (proposed by Edwin B. Holt in 1931), Brandon behaved as if he were hypnotized simply because he knew what other 'hypnotized' people behaved like - that is, he wasn't truly hypnotized but rather lived up to everyone's expectations.