Claudia has just come home from a long, difficult day of writing questions for this test. As she sits down on the sofa, her heart rate and breathing slow down, her muscles relax, and her digestive system starts getting ready for food. It appears as though Claudia's ____ has been activated.?
a. ?thalamus
b. ?parasympathetic nervous system
c. ?amygdala
d. ?somatic nervous system
ANSWER:
b
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a. social withdrawal b. difficulty in communicating c. inability to succeed at work d. belief that people were poisoning him
Decisions about which treatments are acceptable for particular disorders come from
a. the American Psychological Association. b. effectiveness with an individual client. c. managed care organizations. d. the Association for the Advancement of Behavior Therapy.
Erikson theorized that ________ is the primary mode for acting adaptively toward the world
a. assimilation c. organization b. accommodation d. incorporation
The text suggests that enhanced perceptual accuracy is LESS likely if we
a. rely only on our motivations and expectations. b. voluntarily direct attention toward sensations that are normally tuned out. c. engage in reality testing. d. interrupt habituation and break perceptual sets.