University College London Volunteers Used a Mechanical Device to Press

question 162

Multiple Choice

University College London volunteers used a mechanical device to press on another volunteer's finger,after feeling pressure on their own finger.They typically responded to the pressure on their finger

• A) with less pressure than they had just experienced.
• B) with more pressure than they had just experienced.
• C) with the same amount of pressure they had just experienced.
• D) with Graduated and Reciprocated Initiatives in Tension-Reduction.

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