Question 1

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found that both spouse and stranger hand-holding:&#10;A) reduced neural responses to the threat in women.&#10;B) increased neural responses to the threat in women.&#10;C) had no effect on reducing neural responses to threat in woman.&#10;D) were only effective at reducing neural responses to threat to social stimuli.

Accepted Answer

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson's research found that both spouse and stranger hand-holding reduced neural responses to the threat in women. This suggests that social support has a stress-buffering effect on individuals, leading to a reduction in perceived threat and stress response.

Question 2

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found which of the following was true about spousal hand-holding?&#10;A) The amount of neural threat activity was correlated with the degree of threat.&#10;B) Neural activity and threat reduction was related the length of the couple's marriage.&#10;C) Neural activity and threat reduction was not related to marital quality.&#10;D) The amount the neural threat activity was reduced was correlated with the quality of her marriage.

Accepted Answer

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found that the amount the neural threat activity was reduced was correlated with the quality of the marriage, not the length of the marriage or marital quality. Therefore, the correct answer is D.

Question 3

The main dependent variable in Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson's study on social bonding was:&#10;A) self-report measures of well-being.&#10;B) fMRI recordings.&#10;C) the number of times the person holding the woman's had said soothing things.&#10;D) the length of time the woman held the other person's hand.

Accepted Answer

The study by Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson primarily used fMRI recordings to measure brain activity as the main dependent variable to understand the effects of social bonding.

Question 4

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson hypothesized that positive social bonds between people can ______ the experience of __________.&#10;A) increase; financial reward&#10;B) increase; physical pain and psychological pain&#10;C) reduce; physical pain and psychological pain&#10;D) inhibit; highly arousing social activates

Accepted Answer

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson hypothesized that positive social bonds between people can reduce the experience of physical pain and psychological pain.

Question 5

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson manipulated the depth of social bonds in their experiment by having married women __________ while waiting to be shocked.&#10;A) hold their husband's hand, the hand of an anonymous male experimenter, or no hand at all&#10;B) hold their friend's hand, the hand of an anonymous female experimenter, or no hand at all&#10;C) hold their instructor's hand, the hand of an anonymous participant, or no hand at all&#10;D) hold the hand of a confederate who had treated them well, the hand of a confederate that had treated them poorly, or no hand at all

Accepted Answer

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson manipulated the depth of social bonds by having married women hold their husband's hand, the hand of an anonymous male experimenter, or no hand at all while waiting to be shocked. This manipulation allowed the researchers to test the impact of social support on the participants' physiological responses to stress.

Question 6

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found ________ hand-holding was particularly powerful.&#10;A) friend&#10;B) stranger&#10;C) spousal&#10;D) experimenter

Accepted Answer

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found that spousal hand-holding was particularly powerful in reducing neural activity associated with stress and threat. The study showed that holding hands with a spouse during a stressful situation can help to reduce the physiological response to stress.

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