In a Study to Learn More About How Arousal Affects

question 6

Multiple Choice

In a study to learn more about how arousal affects support behavior, you measure heart rate and blood pressure continuously while recording couples' marital discussions about an external stressor that one spouse is experiencing. Given the Yerkes-Dodson law, what is your hypothesis?

• A) Perspective taking will decline to the extent that participants experience increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
• B) Perspective taking will be enhanced to the extent that participants experience increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
• C) Negative reciprocity will decline to the extent that participants experience increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
• D) Effective solutions to the stress will be more likely, to the extent that participants experience increases in heart rate and blood pressure.

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