Sentences with phrase «give electric shocks»

Although I think it's a little extreme that a study in the journal Science showed that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than be alone with their thoughts for 15 minutes **.

In the last study, female college students were led to believe that they could give electric shocks to another participant, who was actually part of the study.

And in the 1960s, Stanley Milgram, another distinguished psychologist, told subjects he recruited for his experiments at Yale to give electric shocks to people they could hear but could not see.

The suggestion that people would rather give themselves electric shocks than sit idly seems to confirm notably cynical observations (12...

Other former inmates allege they were given electric shocks or beatings, or were left hanging for hours.

We need to train ourselves to be alone with our thoughts precisely because it's hard (so hard, in fact, that one recent study found many people would rather give themselves an electric shock than do it).

Give them keys, make them responsible for it and install a doorknob that gives an electric shock to anyone under 20.

Rats given access to high - fat foods showed some of the same characteristics as animals hooked on cocaine or heroin — and found it hard to quit even when given electric shocks

«Making someone have a seizure, giving them an electric shock, and making something as complex as depression better just seems crazy.»

Mice can be conditioned to fear a sound by giving them an electric shock every time they hear it.

If you reach your goal, you'll be rewarded with anything from money and gift cards from sponsors to a free one - month gym membership — but every time you engage in the habit that you're trying to rid yourself of, like skipping a gym session or lighting up a cigarette, the device will give you an electric shock that stimulates your brain to associate the negative sensation with that particular behavior, eventually helping you eliminate the unwanted habit.

The R8 has superb throttle response but the Gallardo snaps forward like it's been given an electric shock, and the force that drives you into your seat is stronger too.

The collars are used on dogs by some to give an electric shock when the dog is deemed to be behaving incorrectly.

Let's see, when Britney is talking to you, you click and treat her, and when Amy starts talking, you give her an electric shock with a dog collar... is that how it goes?

In Wales, dog collars that are capable of giving an electric shock are banned.

If we were listening to someone scrape their fingers on a chalkboard, that's aversive, and it might be enough to get us to stop what we were doing; If they gave us an electric shock in a chair, that's something that would be painful.

Not exact matches

One memorable example is the much covered study that revealed large percentages of people (a quarter of women and two thirds of men) prefer giving themselves a painful electric shock to just sitting with their own thoughts for 15 minutes.

In the 1960s, as a graduate - student researcher at the University of Pennsylvania, he discovered that dogs zapped with an electric shock and allowed to escape by jumping over a low barrier quickly learned to do so, but most shocked dogs given no escape option eventually gave up, even when a way to flee was introduced later.

Later the scientists would turn on the light and then give the rats a little electric shock.

They gave each fly a whiff of an odor, then an electric shock.

When they were «caught,» they were given a series of mild electric shocks.

- Snore Stopper, a gadget that gives your wrist a mild electric shock when it detects snoring («My wife, Angelica, and the kids love to make snoring sounds when I'm wearing it just to zap me on purpose.»)

In one group of mice, he and his colleagues dosed their mothers with a synthetic compound that simulates a mild viral infection during late pregnancy; when their offspring hit early puberty at about 6 weeks of age, the young mice were exposed to unpredictable stress, such as being restrained, deprived of water, or given electric foot shocks.

With these tools in hand, the investigators gave mice electric shocks to their feet in some of their enclosures, but not others.

After a while, they gave the mice mild electric shocks to their feet and a blue light flashed in their brains delivered by a fiber - optic cable, implanting the memory that the Red Room was a dangerous place.

Both groups were given a mild electric shock to their feet.

This is expensive and very unpleasant as it gives a painful electric shock if the patient develops VT..

With some mice, they tested a drug that is known to prevent the scaling down, but the drug appeared to make little difference in the ways mice remembered and avoided a location that gave them a mild electric shock.

The other man, «Teacher,» will monitor the responses given by Learner (who's out of sight) and, when he gives wrong answers, give him a series of increasingly strong electric shocks.

The devices work by giving the patient an electric shock designed to restore a regular beat to a heart that has become arrhythmic, or chaotic, causing sudden cardiac arrest.

Your first inclination when driving a crossover might not be to carve up the nearest switchback, but given the Juke's already segment - straddling aptitude for cornering, the NISMO - provided suspension upgrades — composed of stiffer springs and shocks, and retuned electric power steering — allow for flatter cornering and higher limits on the standard - issue summer rubber.

By using this type of electric dog training device, you can give your dog a small electric shock when you need to correct certain behaviours.

These collars contain an electric device, which is able to give your cat a low - level electric shock as soon as they misbehave.

«Multiple studies have shown that if you take two mammals, say rats, and put them in boxes side by side, then give the first one electric shocks, the reaction of the second one — in terms of brain - wave and nervous - system activity — will be identical,» says Stephen Zawistowski, a certified applied animal behaviorist and an executive vice president of the ASPCA.

In pets, electric shock collars are an example of positive punishment, giving something unwanted to the pet to lessen the likelihood of the activity reoccurring.

In this photo he is sitting in the garden, wearing his special collar which first emitted an audible warning sound, and if Harry went too far, the collar gave an unpleasant but safe electric shock to teach him to stay within the fence boundaries.

From above, read all electric dog fence reviews and travel all given references to enlarge your knowledge about the proper impact of using the wireless invisible fence and shock collars for your pet dog.

Shock collars use electric current passing through metal contact points on the collar to give your dog a signal.

What if you arrived home and every time your significant other goes to give you a kiss, you offer a knee in the chest or an electric shock?

There are even special collars that give the dog a mild electric shock if it barks.

These collars are triggered by markers and will eventually give the continuing dog an electric shock or a spray of some sort.

These mats may give a mild electric shock or be covered in uncomfortable spikes that discourage your cat from jumping on or touching the area that they cover.

Italian Greyhounds have very thin fur and skin around their neck giving them very limited protection from an electric shock.

It is Pet Professional Guild's (PPG) view that electric shock in the guise of training constitutes a form of abuse towards pets, and, given that there are highly effective, positive training alternatives, should no longer be a part of the current pet industry culture of accepted practices, tools or philosophies.

Called troopers, each one comes equipped with special abilities, from crippling electric shocks and sight impairing paintballs to health boosting heals and enemy revealing radars, to give players tactical advantage over their many adversaries.

He does this by giving his employees coffee, disciplining them for for not working efficiently, or breaking out a gentle electric shock to keep them focused and motivated.

First, while being scanned, they gave people a hurtful but very temporary electric shock (like getting a bee sting, but the hurt goes away immediately).

BirdShock works to recondition birds by giving them a small electric shock - similar to a static electricity zap for humans.