Explain the role of glucocorticoids for the impact of stress on health
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: The key aspects of this answer include:
* Stress induces the release of cortisol, a glucocorticoid.
* Prolonged exposure to glucocorticoids can
- increase blood pressure (a risk factor for cardiovascular disease)
- damage muscle tissue
- kill neurons within area CA1 of the hippocampus
- inhibit the immune system
- inhibit the inflammatory response
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Which statement regarding physically attractive people is false?
a. Attractive people tend to have more sexual experience than unattractive people. b. Attractive people tend to be more popular than unattractive people. c. Attractive people tend to have higher self-esteem than unattractive people. d. Attractive people, when told that a judge who has just given them praise has seen what they look like, oftencome to have doubts about the true quality of their work.
Ludwig, a cellist, is memorizing a musical composition by heart without reference to the sheet music. He most likely is using a(n)
a. acoustic code. c. visual code. b. semantic code. d. sensory memory.
One thing that apparently contributed to the spread of opium smoking in China was
A. a 1644 edict from the emperor forbidding tobacco smoking. B. religious opposition to the use of alcohol. C. widespread planting of opium poppies in China. D. miners and railroad workers returning from America brought the habit with them.
In general, the sum of alpha and beta should equal 1
Indicate whether the statement is true or false