Martin Orne (1959)conducted a Study in Which He Told College

question 11

Multiple Choice

Martin Orne (1959) conducted a study in which he told college students during a demonstration that hypnotized participants usually experience stiffening of the muscles in the dominant hand,even though this rarely occurs.When students who had heard this were later hypnotized themselves,__________ of them showed hand stiffening,whereas ___________ of the participants in a control group who knew nothing about hand stiffening showed this behaviour.

• A) 95%;5%
• B) 75%;1%
• C) 55%;none
• D) 30%;25%

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Receiver

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Shannon-Weaver

A model of communication introduced by Claude Shannon and Warren Weaver that emphasizes the technical process of transmitting information.

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Sender

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