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Hypnosis

Question 6 • Psychology - EL2084

Which of the following people came up with the term “hypnosis”?

Answer
A
James Braid
B
Aristotle
C
Franz Mesmer
D
Milton Erickson

Explanation

James Braid coined the term “hypnosis” in the 1840s, deriving it from the Greek word for sleep. Franz Mesmer developed an earlier practice called animal magnetism, but he did not come up with the term “hypnosis.”

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