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Chocolate and PTSD: Studies have shown that low tryptophan can decrease activity in the PFC when viewing emotional images of faces while in an fMRI machine.Low PFC function has been correlated with PTSD symptoms.Because chocolate contains tryptophan, a psychiatrist in South Africa is prescribing a bar of chocolate per day for her ______
patients
There are some key terms that can be used to identify specific issues with ______ issues.Read the definitions below (and there’s more detail in the textbook) and see if any of these terms are relevant to your generalizability issues you identified in the above study.
generalizability
The key to scoring high marks for critical thinking is to have well-developed explanations of issues of ______.This includes giving reasons why the results might not be applicable to other contexts.Choose one of the study/application summaries above and write a detailed explanation (about 100+ words) of why there is an issue of ______.
generalizability
External validity refers to the extent to which the results can be generalized to other ______
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One study in the USA showed a correlation between social media and ______, so a school in Japan has banned the use of social media.
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A study in the USA found that elementary school students who took music lessons after school had higher GPAs on average than other students, so a high school in Malaysia made music lessons ______ for all students.
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Because of Cialdini’s study on using social influence to increase the rate of hotel towel usage, a hotel chain in India is spending thousands of dollars to change the ______ they use in their own hotels.
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A mom in Canada read about the Rosenzweig and Bennet study on enriched and deprived environments and the effect this has on rats’ brains, so she redecorated her kids’ bedrooms so they are filled with toys, posters, a TV, video games and lots of ______.
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Based on studies on healthy participants that show mindfulness can reduce amygdala activity and increase PFC activity when confronted with social threat (e.g. ______).
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