Explain how chronic stress can produce disease
What will be an ideal response?
Stress hormones result in the suppression of the immune system, rendering us more susceptible to disease. Prolonged stress increases the production of natural killer cells, which deteriorate the immune system in those individuals coping with a difficult marriage, unemployment, or a spouse with Alzheimer's disease.
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a. the third variable problem b. a measurement artifact c. sample selection bias d. a moderator
The cycle of behavior on which a teacher transmits an expectation about a child and thereby actually brings about the expected behavior is known as
a. the teacher expectancy effect. c. the culture expectancy effect. b. the student expectancy effect. d. the parent expectancy effect.