Social support may best help reduce stress by increasing the body's release of cortisol. providing role models of others facing stressors. increasing our social commitments, which can distract us from our problems. making challenges look less forbidding.

Part d most of the group decides to use the wood to build a fence, which would divide the island from the beach. but some people don't want to use the wood for that purpose. do you think it would be fair to make those people build the fence?

The civilian conservation corps (ccc), an agency established during the great depression as part of the new deal, created jobs for people who were unemployed. what kind of work did people do as part of the ccc? a. built libraries and hospitals b. maintained state and national forests c. photographed migrants and the homeless d. constructed roads and bridges

Janette goes into an electronics superstore to buy a new computer. the salesperson works with her to find the right model, and she agrees to buy a new computer for $500 and a floor-model 18-inch monitor for $100. just when she is ready to pay, the salesperson walks away for a minute and then comes back to inform her that the monitor she was ready to purchase can't be sold for < $125. she agrees to the extra $25 even though they had initially agreed on the $100 selling price. janette has fallen for the technique of gaining compliance.