Randy Exercises More Than Most People and Continues to Train

question 140

Multiple Choice

Randy exercises more than most people and continues to train even when he has a cold or an injury. His friends joke that Randy seems addicted to exercise. Randy's compulsive exercising:

• A)may be due to the involvement of his brain's opioid system and the production of endorphins.
• B)is a definite indicator of decreased levels of dopamine and increased risk of Parkinson's disease.
• C)may be due to the involvement of his limbic system and the production of acetylcholine by his adrenal glands.
• D)is a definite indicator of the overproduction of dopamine and an increased risk of schizophrenia.

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Definitions:

Outgroup Homogeneity

The perception that members of an outgroup are more similar to each other than they actually are, often attributed to a lack of personal familiarity.

Group Attribution

The tendency to ascribe certain qualities, behaviors, or outcomes to a group as a whole, rather than to its individual members.

Ingroup Differentiation

Refers to the process by which members of a group distinguish themselves from other members in the same group based on roles, tasks, or characteristics.

Law of Small Numbers

The law of small numbers is the cognitive bias that leads people to draw broad conclusions from a small set of data or experiences, potentially misrepresenting the larger picture.