Question

Researchers continue to explore the emotional and physical repercussions of social rejection. In one study, participants exposed to rejection reported a significant reduction in hurt feelings after taking daily doses of acetaminophen, a painkiller used to reduce physical pain. What does this tell you about the body's response to social rejection?

A person must also be experiencing physical pain for the negative feelings associated with social rejection to be alleviated by acetaminophen.
After a person is subjected to social rejection, an experience of physical pain amplifies the psychological hurt associated with the rejection.
The body's systems that respond to physical pain are also involved in responding to psychological pain.
Social rejection leads the body to crave psychoactive drugs, leading to an increase in addiction.

Answer 1

D). Social rejection leads the body to crave psychoactive drugs, leading to an increase in addiction.

Step-by-step explanation:

Social rejection has detrimental impacts on emotional as well as cognitive health of a person directly and physical health indirectly. The study shows that the pain of social snub is quite similar to the physical pain experienced by an individual as they both affects our brain in same pattern('opioids'(pain reducing element) are released in both the situations). It also reveals that social negligence often 'leads the body to crave psychoactive drugs like acetaminophen that helps in reducing the 'hurt feelings' and feelings of distress and anxiety.' This often results in person's 'increase in addiction' in order to cope with this depressing feelings. Thus, option D is the correct answer.