The Tuskegee Study Involved ____

question 15

Multiple Choice

The Tuskegee study involved ____.

• A) injecting unsuspecting patients with live cancer cells
• B) failing to provide treatment for men with syphilis
• C) appearing to administer severe shocks to participants
• D) exposing participants to extremes of freezing temperature

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Definitions:

Stroop Effect

demonstrates the cognitive interference where a delay in the reaction time of a task occurs due to a mismatch in stimuli; for example, the word "red" printed in blue ink.

Susceptibility

The likelihood or tendency to be influenced or harmed by a particular condition or phenomenon.

Distractors

Stimuli that divert attention away from the primary task or target, often leading to decreased performance.

Conjunction Searches

A visual search task where subjects search for an object that is defined by a combination of two or more features, such as color and shape, among distractors.