I found this great post via Sir Italian's Seduction Blog about Suggestability Games. This guy, Professor Brian David Philips, describes some great techniques to derive indices for whether a subject is easy to hypnotize or not. The funny thing is, I think a lot of these can be adapted to Interactive Value Demonstrations (IVDs). I'll have to play around with these a bit more. Here are a few of my favorites:
1. MUSCULAR RELAXATION
This is a test of how well you can relax. Sit comfortably and raise your left arm to a right angle position in front of your chest and extend your right forefinger and place it under the center of the left palm. Concentrate on relaxing your left hand and arm completely so it’s only support is the extended right forefinger. When you are confident that your left hand and arm is completely relaxed, let me know and at the count of three take your forefinger away. . . one, two, three.” See what happens. If your hand falls then you’ve done great and are relaxed and following instructions. If it does not fall then it can’t be relaxed. Try again, this time really relax and let it go loose, limp and relaxed.
Hmmmm. The possibilities!!!! *giggle* Anyway, here's another great one:
3. THE LEMON
Ask subject to close his or her eyes and imagine looking at, feeling, picking up, and slicing a ripe, bright, yellow lemon in half. Then he/she invites the clients to picture themselves smelling the lemon, bringing it to their mouth, and finally squeezing some of the juice onto their tongue. The individuals who are aware of salivating and/or smelling the citrus aroma during this exercise are more likely to be good imaginative candidates than those who do not salivate. Some individuals’ mouths will visibly pucker.
Ah, good stuff, good stuff. You can read the whole thread here.
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