3 A small dose of a widely used tranquilizer allows people to lie
during lie detector tests without being discovered. The stress
responses that lie detector tests measure can be inhibited by
the drug without noticeable side effects. One of the implications
of this fact is that the drug can also be effective in reducing
stress in everyday situations.
An assumption of the passage is that
tranquilizers are always an effective treatment for stress
the inhibition of stress responses increases subjective
stress
stress as measured by a lie detector is similar to eve r y-
day stress
persons who lie during a lie detector test always display
signs of stress
it is not desirable to reduce stress in everyday situations
