Which of the Following Statements Is True of the Biological

question 93

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements is true of the biological views that explain the origins of anxiety disorders?

• A)Fraternal twins are much more likely to have similar anxiety disorders than identical twins.
• B)Humans are not genetically predisposed to fear stimuli that may have posed a threat to their ancestors.
• C)People's appraisals of the magnitude of threats help determine whether they are traumatic and can lead to post-traumatic stress disorder.
• D)A predisposition toward anxiety, in the form of a highly reactive autonomic nervous system, can be inherited.

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Definitions:

Confidence Interval

A statistical range, with a certain level of confidence, that is likely to contain the true value of an unknown parameter.

Standard Error

The standard deviation of the sampling distribution of a statistic, often used to measure the precision of a sample mean.

Margin of Error

A statistic expressing the amount of random sampling error in a survey's results, indicating a range within which the true population parameter is likely to lie.

Confidence Interval

A set of values obtained from sample data, which is expected to encompass the value of an unspecified population parameter.