Pennebaker's Experiment on Providing Written Accounts of Traumatic Events Showed

question 166

Multiple Choice

Pennebaker's experiment on providing written accounts of traumatic events showed that expressing emotion had a ________ effect.

• A)positive
• B)negative
• C)negligible
• D)none of the above; possible third variables limited the conclusions that could be drawn

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Definitions:

Observations

Data points or recorded measures of certain variables taken from samples or experimental studies.

Spread

The statistical range, measuring the variability or difference between the upper and lower bounds in a data set.

Histograms

Graphical displays of data that use bars to represent the frequency of numerical data that are separated into intervals, or bins.

Original Data

The raw data collected directly from the source without any processing or manipulation.