Which Individual Should Have the Weakest Immune System, Based on the Type

question 74

Multiple Choice

Which individual should have the weakest immune system, based on the type of stressor experienced?

• A)someone who has to write a report that is due tomorrow
• B)someone who just narrowly missed a car accident
• C)someone who has been trying for months to find a job
• D)someone who just lost a lot of money while gambling

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Definitions:

Narrow Sense Heritability

Narrow sense heritability is the proportion of the total phenotypic variance of a trait attributable to the additive effects of alleles (the additive genetic variance). This is the component of variance that causes offspring to resemble their parents, and it causes populations to evolve predictably in response to selection.

Genetics

The study of heredity, or how characteristics of organisms are transmitted from one generation to the next.

Environment

The surrounding or conditions in which an organism lives or operates, encompassing both natural and artificial elements.

Evolutionary Change

A process through which the genetic makeup of a population changes over generations, driven by mechanisms such as natural selection, mutation, gene flow, and genetic drift.