10You Have Just Returned from a Long Business Trip and Your

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Essay

10.You have just returned from a long business trip and your partner is late coming to meet you at the airport. Define and provide examples of two kinds of attributions that you might make about your partner's behavior: 1) stable/external; 2) temporary/external.

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Definitions:

Limbic System

A set of subcortical brain structures central to emotion, memory, and reward processing.

Norepinephrine

A neurotransmitter and hormone important in the body's response to stress and regulation of blood pressure, heart rate, and sleep.

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for rapid response to threatening or stressful situations by increasing heart rate, blood pressure, and energy availability.

Rapid Breathing

Rapid breathing, or tachypnea, is an increased rate of respiration often associated with stress, anxiety, or medical conditions.