Answer:
The answer to the two questions here would be thus:
1. Which term is used to describe Hilda´s anxiety? would be: stereotype threat. Stereotype threat is a situation in which a person may feel threatened by a certain circumstance, or condition which will make evident the differences to which that person has become accustomed due to their race, gender, or age group.
Hilda is a 66-year-old woman who has become accustomed to believing that she will not perform well on an IQ test, because stereotypically, society, and Hilda herself as part of that society, believes that people her age are less skilled at such tests than younger ones. So her body responds through anxiety, which is a form of stress, to the threat, which is the IQ test.
2. Hilda´s test performance will be affected because her own mind and her body are in "fight or flight" mode, which means that the sense of threat will hinder the true capacity that her brain has, despite any differences, to sift through a problem, and find a solution to it. Hilda is ignoring the fact that her brain´s capacity will not necessarily be affected by age, and therefore she will not give it a chance to exert its full capacity to solve the issue.
Answer:
The correct answer is: The participants' abilities to solve geometry problems.
Explanation:
Researches contain both dependent and independent variables.
In a research the dependent variable is the variable that the researcher wants to identify if it changes by modifying the independent variables.
Independent variables are multiple factors that if modified they may or may not change the dependent variable.
In this particular case, Dr Martinez wants to prove the effects of diet on mental alertness. He proceeds to instruct the participants to eat breakfast that's either high in carbohydrates or high in protein (Independent variables) and then Dr. Martinez then measures the participants abilities to solve geometry problems (Dependent variable).
In conclusion, the dependent variable in this study is: Participants' abilities to solve geometry problems.
Answer:
B) Where Obama would like to focus spending
Answer:
biofeedback can facilitate control of autonomic nervous system functioning
Explanation:
biofeedback Refers to the way we can influence the condition of our physical functions. Up to this point, researchers have conclude that we can achieve this through the use of brainwaves manipulation, skin conductance, Decreasing or increasing heart rate , muscle tone, and Manipulating pain perception.
The example above shows an example of how the use of brainwaves manipulation (biofeedback) could influence the condition of the rats' heart beat rate (autonomic nervous system functioning). This indicates that there is a chance that humans will experience the same thing.