Professor Woster brings his participants into the laboratory,attaches electrodes and sensors to them,and has them play a computer game.One group of participants hears six loud bursts of noise at random intervals.The second group hears the same bursts of noise also at random intervals,but just before each burst,a bluebird flies across the computer screen.Professor Woster is using the _____ paradigm to study the effect of noise on physiological responses.

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The paradigm being used by Professor Woster involves inducing acute stress through the use of random bursts of noise. Therefore, the best choice is C, which refers to acute stress. A, B, and D do not accurately describe the paradigm being used in the study.

Professor Woster Brings His Participants into the Laboratory,attaches Electrodes and Sensors