Flinching at the sound of the dentist's drill as you are sitting in the dental office waiting room is an example of ______.

Brain scans of participants before and after eight weeks of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) revealed that

A) brain regions involved in memory became less active. B) the emotional regions of their brains became less responsive to negative stimuli. C) brain regions involved in memory became more active. D) the emotional regions of their brains became more responsive to positive stimuli.

According to cross-cultural research, puberty rituals are more common for

a. males. b. females. c. adolescents in Western cultures. d. families with high socio-economic status.