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turn it off. Only one rat had the bar in his cage, though they were on the same electric circuit, so they received the exact
same amount of shock time. Both rats showed stress hormone elevations upon initiation of the experiment. But after a
few days, the rat who had control over turning off the shock returned to baseline cortisol levels (a powerful measure of
stress).
The rat without control showed increasing levels of stress with deteriorating physical health to the point of eventual
death, in some cases. The same amount of shock is experienced in a totally different way when there is a sensation of
cont