The Results of the Crum and Langer Hotel Experiment Were

question 494

Multiple Choice

The results of the Crum and Langer hotel experiment were that:

• A) the informed group participants showed significant improvements in all physical health measures except diastolic blood pressure.
• B) none of the participants benefited from perceiving housekeeping work as exercise.
• C) those who perceived housekeeping work as exercise (informed group) reported higher levels of fatigue than the uninformed group.
• D) the uninformed group participants showed significant improvements in all physical health measures including diastolic blood pressure.

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Definitions:

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