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2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH

2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH 2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSY CHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH By Lennart Levi of some of these problems has been published 2.1 Objectives of this review earlier (Levi, 1967). As mentioned in Chapter 1, a perusal of current psychoendocrine literature confronts the reader 2.2 Control conditions acting as extraneous with a confusing variety of controversial data, not to speak of the interpretations of and the hypoth- stimuli eses built on these data. Very probably, at least A problem bordering between psychology and some of this controversy is due to the failure of physiology is that of the so-called control periods. a number of authors to take into account the These periods are usually expected and often numerous extraneous influences and other sources automatically assumed to be completely neutral, of error found in this field. Some of these factors characterized as they should be by baseline con- will be reviewed and discussed in the present ditions and relaxation. Nevertheless, although the chapter. Their relative importance may vary from subjects are not exposed to the experimental stim- one investigation to another. If, for example, the uli, they may well be subjected to a variety of stimulus situation is very intense and dramatic, other stimuli http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Internal Medicine Wiley

2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSYCHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH

Levi, Lennart
Journal of Internal Medicine , Volume 191 (S528) – Dec 12, 1972
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2 METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS IN PSY CHOENDOCRINE RESEARCH By Lennart Levi of some of these problems has been published 2.1 Objectives of this review earlier (Levi, 1967). As mentioned in Chapter 1, a perusal of current psychoendocrine literature confronts the reader 2.2 Control conditions acting as extraneous with a confusing variety of controversial data, not to speak of the interpretations of and the hypoth- stimuli eses built on these data. Very probably, at least A problem bordering between psychology and some of this controversy is due to the failure of physiology is that of the so-called control periods. a number of authors to take into account the These periods are usually expected and often numerous extraneous influences and other sources automatically assumed to be completely neutral, of error found in this field. Some of these factors characterized as they should be by baseline con- will be reviewed and discussed in the present ditions and relaxation. Nevertheless, although the chapter. Their relative importance may vary from subjects are not exposed to the experimental stim- one investigation to another. If, for example, the uli, they may well be subjected to a variety of stimulus situation is very intense and dramatic, other stimuli

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Published: Dec 12, 1972

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