What Is the Main Difference in the Way Younger People

question 69

Multiple Choice

What is the main difference in the way younger people and older people respond to stress?

• A) Older people have a reduced reaction in coping with the stress.
• B) Younger people keep stress hormones in their system longer.
• C) Stress hormones may reduce the immune system more in younger people than in older people.
• D) Older people keep stress hormones in their system longer.

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Definitions:

Direct Perception

The theory that suggests sensory information is inherently meaningful and that objects in the environment afford opportunities for action without the need for cognitive processing.

Affordances

The opportunities or possibilities for action provided by objects and environments to an organism.

Agnosia

A neurological disorder marked by the inability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells while the specific sense is not defective nor is there any significant memory loss.

Distal Stimulus

Objects or events in the external world that provide the physical energy that is then converted by the sensory organs into neural energy, leading to perception.