An experimenter wants to test participants' emotional responses to telling lies. She compares the galvanic skin responses of participants while telling the truth (pretest) and while telling lies (posttest). She probably used the galvanic skin response rather than a Likert scale to measure emotional responses because the galvanic skin response is not as likely to produce _____ effects
a. treatment c. history
b. maturation d. testing
D
The galvanic skin response (GSR) is a change in the electrical conductivity of the skin, and is not as easily controlled by most people as is making a deliberate choice on a Likert scale. Therefore, the GSR on the pretest is less likely to influence the GSR on the posttest.
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Which of the following holds true regarding hypnosis?
A. Hypnotized people are in reality awake. B. Hypnotized people are in reality asleep. C. Hypnotized people have voluntary control over their own behavior. D. Hypnotized people retain critical faculties of mind.
The study of the brain structures that govern thinking and memory is called
A. neurological assessment. B. cognitive neuroscience. C. assessment of brain stimulus. D. mental stimulus evaluation.
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a. positive; negative b. negative; positive c. positive; positive d. negative; negative