People with High Social Support Show Lower Baseline Levels of ______________

question 19

Multiple Choice

People with high social support show lower baseline levels of ______________, which suggests that having many good friends __________________________, which is activated in fight and flight.

• A) cortisol; stimulates the sympathetic branch of the nervous system.
• B) adrenaline; stimulates the sympathetic branch of the nervous system.
• C) cortisol; calms the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA).
• D) adrenaline; calms the hypothalamic-pituitary axis (HPA).

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