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Scenario II
Scenario II introduces material from the following publications:
Bowlby,J.(1969/1982) .Attachment and loss,Vol.1: Attachment.New York: Basic Books.
Preckel,K. ,Scheele,D. ,Eckstein,M. ,Maier,W. ,& Hurlemann,R.(2015) .The influence of oxytocin on volitional and emotional ambivalence.Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience,10(7) ,987-993.doi:10.1093/scan/nsu147
Catherine is a college freshmen who is shocked at the intensity of the jealousy expressed by her roommate's boyfriend.Interested in understanding the relationship between Tara and Will,she becomes fascinated to learn in introductory psychology that jealousy has been studied from a variety of perspectives.She goes to the library and begins researching this topic.
-(Scenario II) Preckel and colleagues (2015) reported that giving male participants an oxytocin nasal spray shortly before having them imagine their partners engaged in infidelity reduced activity in brain regions associated with jealousy.Catherine further reads that oxytocin is a neurotransmitter found naturally in the brain and then wonders if Will has naturally _____ levels of it.The research by Preckel and colleagues advances a(n) _____ approach to the study of jealousy.

• A)low;cognitive neuroscience
• B)high;behavioral neuroscience
• C)low;evolutionary psychology
• D)high;social psychology

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Definitions:

Colored Gapes

Visual cues, often bright colors inside the mouths of bird fledglings, that stimulate feeding behavior by parent birds.

Facultative Siblicide

The conditional behavior in which an individual, usually a sibling, is killed based on environmental conditions or resource availability.

Natural Gape Coloring

The innate coloration found inside the mouths of young birds and other animals, often used to stimulate feeding by the parents.

Signal Of Quality Hypothesis

A theory suggesting that certain traits or behaviors serve as signals to potential mates that an individual possesses high genetic quality.