A Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)study Showed That Threat-Related Brain Structures

question 43

Multiple Choice

A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study showed that threat-related brain structures are deactivated when women hold their husbands' hands,and,in another study,relationship communication predicted how long people may survive after a diagnosis of congestive heart failure.Why were the two different studies contrasted in the text?

• A) to show how men and women differ in relationships,with women focusing more on emotion in social relationships and men focusing more on the social hierarchy and stress
• B) to show two different research methods-one focusing on biological measures and the other focusing on observational methods
• C) to show two different research designs-one focusing on cross-sectional data collection and one focusing on longitudinal methods
• D) to show two different kinds of reasons for studying relationships-one focusing on something special about relationships themselves (intrinsic reasons)and one focusing on the effects that relationships have on other important experiences (extrinsic reasons)

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