According to the discussion of menstrual pain, there is a correlation between a woman's anxiety level and the degree of menstrual pain. Based on this statement, we can conclude that
a. women who are anxious produce more prostaglandins, which directly produce more pain.
b. women who are anxious are likely to focus more on their painful cramps, which encourages them to report more pain.
c. women who experience menstrual pain are likely to be worried about the pain, so that they become more anxious.
d. women who are above-average in anxiety are also likely to be above-average in menstrual pain.
Question 2
Your textbook notes that there is a correlation between a woman's tendency to be anxious and the amount of menstrual pain that she reports. What conclusion should you draw from this information?
a. Women who are anxious are more likely to exaggerate the amount of menstrual pain that they experience, in comparison to women who are low in anxiety.
b. Women who experience a high level of menstrual pain are likely to become more anxious than other women.
c. There must be some other variable that can explain this relationship, rather than a direct correlation between anxiety and menstrual pain.
d. Women who are low in anxiety are likely to experience a low amount of menstrual pain.
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