Stimulants increase heart rate, increase respiration, and produce anxiety. This is most likely related to activation of the ______.
A. somatic nervous system
B. parasympathetic nervous system
C. sympathetic nervous system
D. central nervous system
Answer: C
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How can a father's habits affect the health of an unborn child during prenatal development?
A. A father's nicotine intake produces DNA changes that are passed to the fetus on chromosome 23. B. A father's use of barbiturates interacts with a mother's use of marijuana, resulting in missing chromosomes on a child's 8th pair. C. A father's use of alcohol or illegal drugs can affect his sperm, which in turn may lead to chromosomal damage that affects the fetus. D. A father's use of crack cocaine causes sperm mutations, such that two sperm are capable of fertilizing a single ovum.
Rifé (1984) argued that stress increases the desire to affiliate only when
a. being with others has the potential to reduce the negative impact of the situation. b. the stress is embarrassing in nature. c. in collectivist cultures. d. with people who are experiencing the same type of stressful situation, but not with people who havesuccessfully overcome the same stressful situation.
Wundt's primary experimental interest was ______
a. sensation c.human instincts b. emotion d. selective attention
Toddlers in Western cultures who sleep alone and experience frequent daytime separations from their parents
A) rarely form secure attachments to their parents. B) sometimes develop strong emotional ties to cuddly objects. C) usually form a secure attachment with the caregiver who feeds them. D) do not experience separation anxiety when separated from their parents.