COMPREHENSION. Choose the BEST answer to each question. You may
highlight the correct answer OR delete the incorrect answers to indicate your choice.
QUESTIONI - What is the relationship between the following selections from the article?
According to psychiatrists, binge-watching releases a chemical called dopamine in
the brain, which creates a feeling of pleasure and can help people to relax and
relieve stress
She has pointed out that the human body "can become addicted to any activity or
substances that consistently produce dopamine." In fact, she says, the same
neuronal pathways that are activated by drug addiction are activated by an
addition to binge-watching.
A. One selection illustrates the causes of increased dopamine levels in the
brains of people who binge-watch television; the other describes the effect
of that increase
B. Both selections support the idea that binge-watching increases dopamine
levels in the brain, leading to reduced stress and increased relaxation for the
viewer
C. One selection illustrates a possible neurological problem caused by
binge-watching, the other describes a potential solution to that problem.
D. Both selections support the idea that binge-watching affects brain
chemistry, but they emphasize different psychological consequences of
those effects