A psychologist is interested in pet therapy. Ever wary of studying people who already have pets, she randomly assigned people to adopt a pet or not. After studying these two groups, what is she likely to find?
a) The group that adopted a pet exhibited lower blood pressure in response to stress.
b) Despite media attention, owning a pet has no effect on any identifiable stress responses.
c) Pet owners were actually more stressed due to the requirements of caring for the animals.
d) The group that adopted a pet exhibited lower resting blood pressure but not lower blood pressure in response to stress.
A
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