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by gmat_perfect » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:23 am

When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, "No." Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.

Which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?

(A) Why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?
(B) Why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
(C) Why do the subjects appear to accept the hypnotist's suggestion that they are deaf?
(D) Why do hypnotized subjects all respond the same way in the situation described?
(E) Why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

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by beatthegmatinsept » Thu Aug 26, 2010 7:32 am

When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, "No." Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.

Which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?

(A) Why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?
(B) Why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
(C) Why do the subjects appear to accept the hypnotist's suggestion that they are deaf?
(D) Why do hypnotized subjects all respond the same way in the situation described?
(E) Why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?

If as given, the part that replies is the part that's NOT deaf, then since the part can hear, the answer should be YES.

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by saurabhmahajan » Thu Aug 26, 2010 11:23 pm

As mentioned selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.Now if the parts are dissociated then how can the replying part know that the deaf part cant listen.This means that the replying part gets some signal from deaf part and so the parts are not dissociated...so OA : A

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by diebeatsthegmat » Sun Aug 29, 2010 5:40 pm

gmat_perfect wrote:When hypnotized subjects are told that they are deaf and are then asked whether they can hear the hypnotist, they reply, "No." Some theorists try to explain this result by arguing that the selves of hypnotized subjects are dissociated into separate parts, and that the part that is deaf is dissociated from the part that replies.

Which of the following challenges indicates the most serious weakness in the attempted explanation described above?

(A) Why does the part that replies not answer, "Yes"?
(B) Why are the observed facts in need of any special explanation?
(C) Why do the subjects appear to accept the hypnotist's suggestion that they are deaf?
(D) Why do hypnotized subjects all respond the same way in the situation described?
(E) Why are the separate parts of the self the same for all subjects?

[spoiler]OA: A[/spoiler]

Please explain the right answer.

answer is A
do you think its weird when the listenable part answered no while that part is listenable. if he is devided into 2 part : one can hear and one cant and when asked, he must be able to listen to question to answer it. because he could listen, whats why he answered " no" and its weird, he should answer "yes" ( because he heard the question) or else he was just joking at the questioner

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