In a television reality show, Trevor, the host, puts one of his contestants in a trance and asks her to pretend to be a famous singer.The contestant starts singing with confidence even though she has never sung publicly before.The contestant is in a state of

A) somniloquy.
B) somnambulism.
C) hypnosis.
D) meditation.

Hypnosis

A trance-like mental state in which a person becomes highly suggestible and is able to focus intensely on a specific thought or memory, excluding any other thoughts.

Somniloquy

The act of talking during sleep, a type of parasomnia that can occur in any stage of sleep.

Somnambulism

The scientific term for sleepwalking, a condition in which a person, while asleep, performs activities that are usually only performed while in a state of full consciousness.