ASCH Level 2 Clinical Workshop, May 2026, Pre-Test

Pre-Test

This quiz serves as a pre-course assessment designed to evaluate your existing competencies and knowledge before the start of the course. It is not graded, but it will show you the correct answers. This quiz is intended to help us understand your strengths and areas that may need further focus during the upcoming learning experience.

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* 1. Please enter your name

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* 3. Which of the following defines "intensification" associated with hypnosis?

When someone begins to feel full body levitation

When clinicians begin yelling to reinforce suggestions

When client's start crying and gasping for breath

Utilizing interventions to deepen and enhance an individual's trance experience

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* 4. Which of the following would NOT be included in a hypnosis treatment plan for anxiety?

Age regression

Combative inductions

Ego strengthening

Suggestions for comfort

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* 5. Which of the following can serve as a beneficial metaphor for treating someone with panic attacks using hypnosis?

Collecting baseball cards

A smoke detector

A coffin

An airplane

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* 6. Treatment planning at times requires making adjustments within a hypnosis session. One intervention that can be effective for making adjustments that allow a clinician to strategize is...

Saying, "Do what I want you to do now."

Becoming authoritarian

Encouraging the client to fall asleep

Silence

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* 7. True or False: Hypnosis involves a set of clinical skills and NOT a state of mind.

True

False

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* 8. Which of the following most accurately defines trance?

Mind control and thought programming.

It involves focused, absorbed attention, that permits an openness to helpful suggestions.

The shift between REM and deep sleep.

Walking around aimlessly.

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* 9. Contextual cues involve...

Hidden objects in the room to enhance intrigue

Nonverbal communication during trance

A game played to enhance trance

Things associated and paired with trance experiences like turning down lights, closing blinds, changing the tone of your voice.

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* 10. Which of the following is NOT a brain area involved in hypnosis?

Uvula

Prefrontal Cortex

Somatosensory Cortex

Insula

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* 11. Which of the following common terms is NOT associated with hypnosis?

Time contraction

Time travel

Intensification

Fractionation

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* 12. Hypnosis research on the brain has found that the Insula has been associated with...

False memories

Safety and security

Dissociation

Heightened sensory awareness