Deck 34: A: Reading

Question 1

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found that both spouse and stranger hand-holding:

A) reduced neural responses to the threat in women.
B) increased neural responses to the threat in women.
C) had no effect on reducing neural responses to threat in woman.
D) were only effective at reducing neural responses to threat to social stimuli.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found which of the following was true about spousal hand-holding?

A) The amount of neural threat activity was correlated with the degree of threat.
B) Neural activity and threat reduction was related the length of the couple's marriage.
C) Neural activity and threat reduction was not related to marital quality.
D) The amount the neural threat activity was reduced was correlated with the quality of her marriage.

Answer 2

D

Question 3

The main dependent variable in Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson's study on social bonding was:

A) self-report measures of well-being.
B) fMRI recordings.
C) the number of times the person holding the woman's had said soothing things.
D) the length of time the woman held the other person's hand.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson hypothesized that positive social bonds between people can ______ the experience of __________.

A) increase; financial reward
B) increase; physical pain and psychological pain
C) reduce; physical pain and psychological pain
D) inhibit; highly arousing social activates

Question 5

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson manipulated the depth of social bonds in their experiment by having married women __________ while waiting to be shocked.

A) hold their husband's hand, the hand of an anonymous male experimenter, or no hand at all
B) hold their friend's hand, the hand of an anonymous female experimenter, or no hand at all
C) hold their instructor's hand, the hand of an anonymous participant, or no hand at all
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

Question 6

Coan, Schaefer, and Davidson found ________ hand-holding was particularly powerful.

A) friend
B) stranger
C) spousal
D) experimenter