Research using control groups suggests that mindfulness ...

[yoooooman]

Research using control groups suggests that mindfulness meditation
 
  a. does nothing better than the control condition.
  b. does reduce blood pressure, but has no psychological effects.
  c. can change how the brain functions, making people more open to positive emotions.
  d. can change how the brain functions, producing both positive and negative changes.

Question 2

What does the textbook mean by a dialectical synthesis of nature and nurture?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[makaylafy]

Answer to Question 1

Answer: c: can change how the brain functions, making people more open to positive emotions.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: For Hegel a dialectic was a way of thinking that synthesized or combined contradictions into a unified whole. If nature (genetics) and nurture (environment) are seen as complementary to each other as having mutual influence on each other then the so-called nature-nurture debate ceases to exist. A good example of this synthesis is in epigenetics. If the environment can alter which genes are expressed or the extent to which a given set of genes is expressed then the environment and genetics are interacting. The equation used in the book is that the phenotype (the observed characteristics of an individual) are equal to the genotype + the environment + the gene-environment correlation + the gene-environment interaction.

[yoooooman]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

[amandanbreshears]

Great answer, keep it coming