Define the term "stress." What major systems are activated during stressful events?
What will be an ideal response?
"Stress" is a term that has two meanings in psychology. Stress is a condition in the environment that makes unusual demands on the organism, such as threat, failure, or bereavement. Stress is also an internal condition, your response to a stressful situation; you feel stressed, and your body reacts in several ways.
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Women have been found to use more rapport-talk, which ____
a. opens the way for judgment b. reduces constraining gender roles c. imparts knowledge d. establishes relationships and connections
When a photon of light strikes a photoreceptor,
a. the photopigment unites with a molecule of vitamin A and a nerve impulse is generated. b. photopigment is regenerated. c. rhodopsin is released into the visual pathway leading from the optic disk to the occipital cortex. d. the photopigment splits, and a series of chemical events stimulates the photoreceptors so that it generates a signal. e. rhodopsin splits apart and becomes rose-colored, initiating events that stimulate the ganglion cells.
Events that seem to defy accepted scientific laws are known as
Fill in the blank with correct word
Data obtained from rating scales often are treated statistically as representing ______ measurement
a. interval b. nominal c. ratio d. average