Canadian Researchers Thompson, Schellenberg, and Husa in Conducted an Experiment

question 253

Multiple Choice

Canadian researchers Thompson, Schellenberg, and Husa in conducted an experiment in which they assigned university students to either a group that listened to a Mozart Sonata (happy music) or a group that listened to an Albinoni Adagio (sad music) . Thompson et al. concluded that what previous researchers had called the "Mozart effect" was really an artifact of the participants' arousal and positive mood. Thompson et al. were claiming that

• A)listening to the Mozart Sonata created demand characteristics for the participants
• B)the Mozart Sonata acted as a placebo in their experiment
• C)the "Mozart effect" resulted from an experimenter expectancy effect
• D)arousal and positive mood were confounds of the "Mozart effect"

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Definitions:

Positive And Negative Affect Schedule

A psychological tool used to assess an individual's emotional states, distinguishing between positive and negative feelings.

Subjective Units Of Distress Scale

A self-assessment tool used to measure the intensity of an individual's distress or discomfort on a numerical scale.

Affect And Mood

Terms relating to feelings and emotions, with affect being the immediate expression of emotion and mood being a sustained emotional state.

Personal Strength

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