You are walking toward your car in the campus parking garage late at night. Suddenly, you hear a car horn and are startled. Instantaneously, your heart begins to race and your breathing becomes shallow
Which system of your body responded to the car horn?
A) Sympathetic nervous system
B) Parasympathetic nervous system
C) Peripheral nervous system
D) Sensory-somatic nervous system
A
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All of the following accurately reflect Selye's description of physiological responses to stress EXCEPT
a. if a stress is prolonged, the individual becomes accustomed to the threat. b. resistance represents a failure to cope with the stressor. c. continuing exposure to a stress may result in the individual exhibiting increased susceptibility to diseases of adaptation. d. initially stress causes an activation of the fight-or-flight response.
Which of the following proposes that we all have a basic motivation to grow and improve our self-concept?
A. self-expansion theory B. self-awareness theory C. social comparison theory D. social identity theory
An entire past experience may be reconstructed from one small recollection through a process known as
a. chunking. b. parallel processing. c. redintegration. d. mnemonic coding.
Learning is ____
a. ?the acquisition of a new behavior or piece of information that creates a permanent change in the organism b. ?the uniquely human ability to accumulate knowledge and information c. ?a relatively permanent change in behavior, or the potential for behavior, that results from experience d. ?an internalization of facts, information, skills, or behaviors that adds to the knowledge base of the individual