A Psychologist Is Interested in Whether Hypnosis Affects Brain Dominance

question 41

Multiple Choice

A psychologist is interested in whether hypnosis affects brain dominance. Twelve college students from the freshmen class are randomly sampled for an experiment. The experiment has two conditions which are given on different days. In condition 1, the students are hypnotized and then given a test which measures the relative dominance of the right and left hemispheres. The higher the score, the more dominant is the right hemisphere. In condition 2, the same students are given the test again, only this time they are not hypnotized but are in their normal state of consciousness. The following scores are obtained. If you conclude to reject H ₀, the error(s) you may be making is(are) _________.

• A) a Type I error
• B) a Type II error
• C) that hypnosis may not affect brain dominance
• D) a Type I error and that hypnosis may not affect brain dominance
• E) a Type II error and that hypnosis may not affect brain dominance

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Objective and Empirical

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A method in psychology aiming to understand the structure of the mind by analyzing its constituent components, such as sensations and perceptions.