Word: controls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...greatest Tory asset was Harold Macmillan himself and the general post war image of his party which he has helped to create in the public mind. This is the image of a united, progressive, responsible party which can maintain Britain's role abroad and bring prosperity without state control at home. By retaining much nationalization and by extending most of the welfare state the Conservatives have stolen many of Labor's robes. By denationalizing less suitable industries and by reducing taxes and state controls, they have retained their traditional right-wing support...
...ready to engage in reasonable discussion, despite a careful prior selection of delegates which seemed to divide most of the European delegations into three groups--athletes, performers, and party members. And some acted as hatchet men for the Russians, the hard core East Germans for example, who were given control of the seminar programs far in advance, and the more impromptu "goon squad" tasks of removing unfriendly posters...
...psychology course. In one the erroneous impression was given that catalepsy of the dominant hand (the hand stays put wherever it is placed) is typical of the hypnotic state. This point was omitted entirely in the other lecture. Volunteers were then selected from both groups and hypnotized. (As a control measure, the hypnotist was not told which lecture the subjects had attended until the session was concluded...
Five of nine volunteers who had been at the lecture where catalepsy of the dominant hand was demonstrated exhibited this same phenomenon under hypnosis. "No students in control group, who were given a similar lecture and demonstration but with no mention of catalepsy, showed the phenomenon," Dr. Orne reported. The results tended to support Dr. Orne's hypothesis that subjective role-playing is an important part of hypnotic behavior...
...these experiments, however, there has been a constant effort to minimize and control this confusing element in hypnotic research. Contrary to many ideas, the individual even in the deepest hypnosis is aware of his actions to some degree. And since an individual is conscious of his actions, these demand characteristics may be major determinants of his behavior in the hypnotic state...