Question 11 4 Points Interest in hypnosis began in the 1700s with Austrian doctor Franz Mesmer, whose name gave us the term mesmerize (to hypnotize). Mesmer believed that he could cure disease with magnets. Mesmer's strange "treatments" are related to hypnosis because they relied on the power of suggestion, not magnetism (Hammond, 2013). For a time, Mesmer enjoyed quite a following. In the end, however, his theories of "animal magnetism" were rejected and he was branded a fraud. A True B False Question 12 4 Points Hypnosis is currently defined as a state of consciousness characterized by focused attention, reduced peripheral awareness, and lowered suggestibility (Elkins et al., 2015). Notice that this definition suggests that hypnosis may be a distinct state of consciousness. A True B False