Essay – Craft an essay with a defensible thesis that directly addresses only one of the prompts.   A.  Historians refer to the Civil War as a “struggle between two societies,” the North and the South. Explain the forces that contributed to the development of these distinct Northern and Southern regional identities throughout early American history.   OR   B.  What were the real causes of the American Revolution? (Consider long-term and short-term causes).    OR   C.  To what degree did industrialization make the United States a more or less democratic society?   OR   D.  To what degree should the Civil War Reconstruction period (1865-1877) be considered a success or a failure in reconciling the meaning and significance of the Civil War?     Essay Outline I. THESIS (Should make a defensible claim that directly addresses the question and highlights specific themes/arguments.)   II. Themes/Arguments (Evidence should validate your themes/arguments in answering your thesis)                 – Theme/Argument  A                             – Supporting evidence                              – Supporting evidence                             – Supporting evidence                             – etc.               – Theme/Argument  B                             – Supporting evidence                              – Supporting evidence                             – Supporting evidence                             – etc.               – Theme/Argument  C                             – Supporting evidence                              – Supporting evidence                             – Supporting evidence  

When psychologists say we should embrace a diversity of emotions, they are saying that we should:

Mindfulness meditation has been linked with:

Suppressing negative emotions heightens the risk of developing heart disease that is associated with

Forty-year-old Jim has exercised strenuously on and off all his life. Over the years, his body weight has remained close to 160 pounds, which was his body weight in college. His stable body weight best illustrates

Your regression equation for “hours studied” predicting the outcome, “test score,” is: Y = 50 + 4x. For a student who has studied for 6 hours, what is his/her predicted test score?  

Hungry people who had resisted the temptation to eat tasty cookies then abandoned a frustrating task sooner than those who hadn’t had to deal with the cookies. This illustrated that self-control momentarily weakens following the:

Which of these is MOST likely to foster stronger immune functioning?

Professor Kavitha, who works in the area of positive psychology, is examining the number of days in a given month that research participants reported feeling satisfied and happy with their lives. Professor Kavitha is assessing participants’:

Jerry is driving to visit his parents, who live two states away. He is trying to get there in time for their anniversary party. The entire trip should take eight hours. After driving for five hours, he finds himself stuck in a traffic jam that has lasted over an hour so far. He is beginning to feel frustrated and angry. Which of the following is the stressor?