Editing Suggestibility (section)

==Non-state explanations of hypnotic responsiveness==
According to some theoretical explanations of hypnotic responses, such as the [[Hypnosis#Social constructionism .2F Role-playing theory|role-playing theory]] of [[Nicholas Spanos]], hypnotic subjects do not actually enter a different [[psychological]] or [[physiological]] state; but, rather, simply acting on [[peer pressure|social pressure]] – and, therefore, it is easier for them to comply than to disobey. Whilst this view does not dispute that hypnotized individuals truly experience the suggested effects, it asserts that the mechanism this takes place by has, in part, been "[[Social constructionism|socially constructed]]" and does not, therefore, require any explanation involving any sort of an "altered state of consciousness".<ref name=spanos-barber1972>{{cite journal | vauthors = Spanos NP, Barber TX | title = Cognitive activity during "hypnotic" suggestibility: goal-directed fantasy and the experience of nonvolition | journal = Journal of Personality | volume = 40 | issue = 4 | pages = 510–24 | date = December 1972 | pmid = 4642389 | doi = 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1972.tb00077.x | author-link1 = Nicholas Spanos }}</ref>