Which of the following statements is true of stress?
A. For people to consider an event stressful, they need not necessarily perceive it as threatening.
B. Stress may produce biological and psychological responses that improve our overall health.
C. Positive events such as getting married or starting a new job are not directly associated with stress.
D. An event may sometimes be stressful and at other times provoke no stressful reaction at all.
Answer: D
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a. latent b. symbolic c. old-fashioned d. non-discriminatory
The ________ variable is manipulated by the experimenter and is suspected of causing a change in another variable
a. control c. dependent b. random d. independent
Which of these statements characterizes the position of the text toward the
consequences of science? (a) consequences do not matter, because science is value-neutral (b) science has, on balance, led to a worsening of the human condition (c) science has led only to good things for humanity (d) science has, on balance, enhanced the quality of life for human beings