If you have just witnessed a car accident, your heart rate and respiration rate are likely to be elevated due to _____ nervous system activity.
A. iconic
B. somatic
C. sympathetic
D. parasympathetic
Answer: C. sympathetic
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When a person dies, a doctor needs to be called in to:
A) issue the death certificate. B) perform an autopsy. C) remove the body from the place of death. D) make funeral arrangements.
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A) sensory interaction B) the volley principle C) Weber's law D) the opponent-process theory
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a. Franz Anton Mesmer b. Philippe Pinel c. Hippocrates d. Dorothy Dix