William tends to react to stress by increased heart rate. Harold responds to stress with gastrointestinal distress. After a period of stress, William developed hypertension, and following the same stressful period, Harold developed an ulcer

What theory would explain this difference well?

a) Conditioning theory
b) Somatic-weakness theory
c) Specific-reaction theory
d) Multifactorial theory

c

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think that Jack was about to start a fight with him. This would be an example of (a) the Fundamental Attribution Error (b) beliefs affecting behavior (c) behavior affecting beliefs (d) the insufficient justification effect

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