Ginger and Mary Ann Are Enrolled in a Driver's Education

question 134

Multiple Choice

Ginger and Mary Ann are enrolled in a driver's education class.One of the requirements of the class is to watch a very graphic video of car accidents and victims.Ginger is having a very hard time watching these videos,since she focuses on the agony and pain of the suffering.Mary Ann tries to figure out how the accidents could have been avoided.Besides their reaction to the videos,how else do Ginger and Mary Ann differ?

• A) They differ in their experiences with car accidents.
• B) Ginger makes a primary appraisal and Mary Ann makes a secondary appraisal.
• C) Ginger makes a stressful appraisal and Mary Ann makes an arousal appraisal.
• D) Ginger makes a threat appraisal and Mary Ann makes a challenge appraisal.

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Definitions:

Mean

The arithmetic average of a set of values, found by adding them together and dividing by the number of terms.

Normal Distribution

Data points nearest to the mean occur more frequently in this symmetric probability distribution, with diminishing occurrences of data points as they deviate from the mean.

Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or spread of a set of data points relative to their mean.

Mean

The average of a set of numbers, calculated by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number.