3 A small dose of a widely used tranquilizer allows people to lie ^' v" S0 E: ~
during lie detector tests without being discovered. The stress
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7 d+ N- g% H/ a4 w9 Q7 g. B the drug without noticeable side effects. One of the implications
* ?7 e3 H% \5 ^7 Y2 D: `5 R$ M6 \ of this fact is that the drug can also be effective in reducing
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. E( a+ H) _! ?( p5 n3 l An assumption of the passage is that
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8 d4 _# `+ k; y0 j1 J tranquilizers are always an effective treatment for stress
% [0 q8 N5 |0 l8 Y: r the inhibition of stress responses increases subjective ?; U, h* e$ o: Z* j; N
stress 4 B# \- A" x1 Z. L
stress as measured by a lie detector is similar to eve r y-# J$ W* D# y! b
day stress 6 G0 D/ ]) o0 E, V& F0 [$ H
persons who lie during a lie detector test always display
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it is not desirable to reduce stress in everyday situations |