Imagine that you are studying the effect of sour tastes on the human salivation response. In designing this study, what are you likely to ask participants in your experimental condition to do?
A) taste something sweet
B) taste something sour
C) salivate
D) not salivate

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Quizplus · Accepted Answer

To study the effect of sour tastes on human salivation, participants in the experimental condition should be asked to taste something sour. Salivation is already the response being measured in this study, so asking participants to salivate wouldn't make sense. Asking participants to taste something sweet or not salivate wouldn't be relevant to the research question.

Imagine That You Are Studying the Effect of Sour Tastes