While Kimberly was hypnotized, she vividly recalled the events of her first birthday party. However, when the events she described were compared with an actual video from her birthday party, most of the things she described did not actually happen. Kimberly's inaccuracy in recall lends support to the view that hypnosis
a. causes people to act out a role.
b. is the same as REM sleep.
c. creates a dissociation in conscious awareness.
d. is the same as slow-wave sleep.
A
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a. ?was a forerunner of behavior therapy b. ?showed that fears are instinctive c. ?predates the Little Albert study d. ?supports the notion of one-trial learning e. ?has never been replicated
Dr. Sperry stimulated the patient's brain and her mouth moved. Based on the topographic organization of the brain, if the patient's brain is stimulated slightly to one side of the first spot, we should expect the patient to:
a. say something b. report seeing a spot of light c. twitch her cheek d. report tasting something
A group of researchers are studying depression in a sample of patients. Each researcher independently assesses the level of depression in each patient, but their assessments do not match. The problem with the research is that:
A) depression cannot be studied scientifically. B) the researchers do not have an objective measure of depression. C) there are too many researchers. D) the patients are not really depressed.
A confounded variable is confounded with the _____
a. statistical analysis c. post-experimental generalization b. dependent variable d. independent variable