Which of the following is FALSE regarding cardiovascular reactivity?
a. Cardiovascular reactivity varies greatly between individuals.
b. Cardiovascular reactivity has been measured in a lab setting.
c. It showed the same relation to measures of past discrimination across members of different ethnic groups.
d. It refers to the changes in heart rate and blood pressure in response to stress.
C
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Which scenario supports the catharsis theory of emotion??
a. ?Tony approaches his friend Juanita, who is walking her dog. As the dog begins to bark, Tony’s heart races; he thinks about why this is the case, and realizes he has a crush on Juanita. b. ?Micah wakes up feeling glum. He forces himself to smile from ear-to-ear and laugh out loud, and then he begins to feel happy. c. ?Bethany feels very depressed about her recent breakup with her boyfriend. She slumps down on her couch and cries for an hour straight, and then she begins to feel better. d. ?Aaron relaxes in his hammock. Suddenly, he feels an earthquake, causing him to feel afraid; at the same time, his heart beats rapidly and his palms sweat.
Intelligence scores among identical twins are strongly correlated when the twins are raised in the same household and are _____ correlated when the twins are separated at birth and raised in different households.
A) almost as strongly B) moderately C) weakly D) not
The heritability index for intelligence is approximately .50, meaning that:
A) genetic factors are 50% more important than environmental factors in determining intelligence. B) parents with above-average intelligence have a 50% chance of producing a child with above-average intelligence. C) about half of the variability in intelligence scores in the population can be attributed to environmental factors. D) intelligence is completely the result of genes for 50% of people.
An external event that causes internal stress responses is called a(n)
a. strain. b. stressor. c. moderator variable. d. inhibitor. e. immunosuppression.