[Expert Solution]: Some of your friends share your ruminations…

Some of your friends share your ruminations and feel that they must listen to your every word about cognitive science, consciousness, the metaverse, and the future of the planet. They actually find you an uncontrollable stressor despite your nice-person personality. When you look for them in the morning, you find that they are not yet up and are perhaps having a difficult time getting out of bed in the morning. You conclude that it is most likely because of: Group of answer choices High, flat diurnal profile of cortisol release (lower-than-normal levels of cortisol in the morning ) Low, flat diurnal profile of cortisol (low levels at night and in the morning). Rapid fluctuations of cortisol leading to morning immobility (freezing response) Chronic use of ear plugs, blocking you and their alarm.