Castiel Is a Psychologist Who Is Interested in Seeing How

question 16

Multiple Choice

Castiel is a psychologist who is interested in seeing how autonomic nervous system responses are related to subjective feelings of fear. Half the participants in Castiel's experiment watch a 10-minute graphic and violent video and the other half watch a 10-minute video of a baby kitten. While the participants are watching the video, Castiel gathers measurements of their skin conductance. After they finish watching the video the participants answer a questionnaire about their level of fear after watching the video as well as how they generally react to horror movies.
-While watching the violent video one of the participants becomes very distressed and asks to leave.What should Castiel do

• A)Allow the participant to leave.
• B)Tell the participant they can't leave because they signed an informed consent.
• C)Allow the participant five minutes to calm down and resume the experiment.
• D)Have the participant watch the kitten video instead.

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Definitions:

Acetylcholine

A neurotransmitter in the nervous system that plays a critical role in the function of the brain and muscles.

Neurotransmitter

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across a chemical synapse, from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Proactive Interference

A phenomenon where older memories interfere with the recall of newer memories.

Retroactive Interference

A phenomenon where newly acquired information interferes with the recall of information learned previously.