2025
Would you predict an athlete would have a lower or higher than normal resting heart rate? - Answer -
lower.
How is heart rate or pulse usually expressed? - Answer - beats per minute
Why did the participant rapidly walk around the building? - Answer - To activate the sympathetic division
of the autonomic nervous system
What is a normal resting heart rate for a normal adult? - Answer - 60-100
EDR should decrease when the person is asked an emotional question - Answer - No
What is the common physiological process being affected when you ask your particpant emotional
questions or expose them to a mild stressor? - Answer - Both increase arousal
EDR is measuing skin conductance. - Answer - Yes
Skin temperature should increase when the person is exposed to a mild stressor. - Answer - Yes
What are the two divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS)? - Answer - sympathetic &
parasympathetic.
Which polygraph method did you use in the EDR lab? - Answer - Directed Lie test