The course instructor (Rachael Finnerty) conducted research about online music therapy for proactive wellness, and cortisol in saliva was used as a stress measure.

The course instructor (Rachael Finnerty) conducted research about online music therapy for proactive wellness, and cortisol in saliva was used as a stress measure.

• A. True
• B. False
• C. Not stated
• D. Not measured

Answer: (B)

This item tests your ability to judge whether a claim about a specific research study is supported by the given information. While using cortisol in saliva as a stress measure is a plausible and common approach in stress research, the statement makes a precise claim about a named instructor conducting a particular study and using that measurement. If the material provided does not explicitly state that this researcher conducted such research and that saliva cortisol was used as the stress measure, you cannot affirm the statement as true. Without that explicit evidence, the claim isn’t supported, so the appropriate choice is false. Remember that a plausible method (salivary cortisol as a stress marker) doesn’t by itself prove that this exact study existed or used that method.

This item tests your ability to judge whether a claim about a specific research study is supported by the given information. While using cortisol in saliva as a stress measure is a plausible and common approach in stress research, the statement makes a precise claim about a named instructor conducting a particular study and using that measurement. If the material provided does not explicitly state that this researcher conducted such research and that saliva cortisol was used as the stress measure, you cannot affirm the statement as true. Without that explicit evidence, the claim isn’t supported, so the appropriate choice is false. Remember that a plausible method (salivary cortisol as a stress marker) doesn’t by itself prove that this exact study existed or used that method.