In the past, Maggie was skeptical about hypnosis. Maggie believed that a "hypnotized" person was not really hypnotized. She believed that people who underwent hypnosis were only behaving in the way they thought a hypnotized person would behave. Maggie supports the _____ theory of hypnosis.

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Maggie's belief aligns with the social-cognitive theory of hypnosis, which suggests that people in a hypnotic state are not in an altered state of consciousness but are rather playing the role they believe is expected of them in that situation.

In the Past, Maggie Was Skeptical About Hypnosis