Regarding brainwashing techniques, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Brainwashing generally requires a captive audience.
b. The target person is made completely dependent upon the indoctrinators.
c. Having complete control over the target person's environment allows a degree of psychological manipulation that would be impossible in a normal setting.
d. Most "converted" victims of brainwashing remain permanently brainwashed.
D
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External validity refers to the degree to which
a. there can be reasonable certainty that the independent variables in an experiment caused the observed effectson the dependent variables b. there can be reasonable confidence that the same results would be obtained for other people and in othersituations. c. participants were assigned to the various conditions on the basis of representative criteria. d. the experimental situation engages participants and leads them to behave naturally and spontaneously.
Acute pain is the result of a bodily trauma and disappears
a. when the injury heals. b. behind attention. c. with medication. d. almost immediately.
Research found that arguments between mothers and adolescents tend to peak in
a. early adolescence. b. middle adolescence. c. late adolescence. d. adolescents living in suburban areas.
Psychiatrist Daniel Langleben and his colleagues have used fMRI technology to tell if a person is lying. When a person was lying, the
a. front of the brain became more active. b. back of the brain became more active. c. brainstem became less active. d. entire brain became less active.