Which of the Following Statements About Meditation Is TRUE

question 44

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about meditation is TRUE?

• A)A common theme in different meditative practices is the goal of retraining or controlling attention
• B)Physiologically, meditation is most similar to deep sleep (stage 4 NREM).
• C)The effects of meditation are caused by increased blood levels of a compound called adenosine.
• D)As is the case with hypnosis, empirical research has demonstrated that meditation is probably a pseudoscience with no beneficial effects beyond that of simple relaxation.

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Definitions:

Wilcoxon Rank-sum Test

A nonparametric test used to assess whether two independent samples come from the same distribution, focusing on their median ranks.

Statistical Populations

The complete set of subjects or items that are of interest in a statistical study.

Absolute Differences

The total difference between numbers or values, disregarding the direction of difference.

Wilcoxon Signed Rank Sum Test

A non-parametric statistical test used to compare two paired groups, assessing whether their population mean ranks differ.