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of shift were only partially successful and so only partially
alleviated their dysphoria.
Increased size. Three hypnotic subjects and the simulator
reacted with fear to a world grown suddenly too large. The
fourth hypnotic subject immediately perceived himself as
large in a world suddenly immense, and reported a loss of a
sense of reality. Two of the subjects were able to alter their
perceived physical scale to that of the large world about them,
and subsequently became very happy. One subject, who
seemed to operate within a context of psychological rather
than physical change, grew more mature and able to function
with the people around him, whom he also perceived as mature.
The simulator and the subject who immediately perceived
himself as large did not try to grow larger.
Growing larger seems to have been a more successful ma-
neuver for the subjects than growing smaller. This may arise
from the fact that all of us have experience in growing larger.
(While there is some tendency for us to lose height with ad-
vancing years, this is less obvious than the more-marked tend-
ency to gain height in the early years, and certainly at the
ages of the subjects in this study would not be noticed at all.)
Control. No changes were noted for any subject or the
simulator under control conditions with regard to any per-
sonality or behavioral variable.
TIME RATE SERIES
For the sake of convenience, metronome and non-
metronome inductions of the same condition will be treated
under the same heading. The effects of each kind of induc-
tion will, however, be considered separately. The sample for
all these time rate conditions consists of four hypnotic sub-
jects and the simulator.
Fast time. When the metronome was speeded up, all the
subjects and the simulator became hyperactive, tense, driven,
and irritable. Three hypnotic subjects began to move rapidly,
with a jerky quality similar to that seen in reruns of early
silent films. All the subjects showed some annoyance at peo-
ple about them who were functioning at lower rates of speed
than they were.
All the hypnotic subjects reported their dominant mood as