Stress Affects the Health of Some People by Increasing Hormonal

question 2

Multiple Choice

Stress affects the health of some people by increasing hormonal activity in their bodies.This is an example of a(n) _____ effect of stress on health.

• A) indirect health behavior
• B) indirect behaviorally mediated
• C) direct physiological
• D) indirect physiological

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Definitions:

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of sample values from their mean.

Population Standard Deviation

A measure that quantifies the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of data values for the entire population.

Ounces

A unit of weight in the United States customary and British imperial systems, equal to 1/16 of a pound.

Margin of Error

The amount of error allowed in a survey or experiment results, expressing the confidence in the reliability of the data.