An early practitioner of hypnosis,who believed it was caused by animal magnetism,was
A) William James.
B) Wolfgang Kuhler.
C) Franz Mesmer.
D) Stanford Babinski.

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Franz Mesmer was an early practitioner of hypnosis who believed it was caused by animal magnetism. He used techniques such as mesmerism to induce trance-like states in his patients. William James was a psychologist who studied hypnosis but did not believe in animal magnetism. Wolfgang Kuhler was a gestalt psychologist and Stanford Babinski was a neurologist, neither of whom were directly involved in the practice of hypnosis.

An Early Practitioner of Hypnosis,who Believed It Was Caused by Animal