You are typing a letter to your friend. Suddenly, an image of a car wreck pops up on your screen and you are startled by it. In this situation, the act of typing the letter is regulated by your ________, while your response of fear is regulated by your __
a. sympathetic division; parasympathetic division
b. parasympathetic division; sympathetic division
c. somatic nervous system; autonomic nervous system
d. autonomic nervous system; somatic nervous system
Answer: c. somatic nervous system; autonomic nervous system
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a. Jeff makes a note of the homework assignment for his last period class and completes it while riding home on the school bus. b. Cindy explains to her younger sister how to solve a problem in math by organizing the information in a new way. Her younger sister can then complete her homework. c. Sherri works on her algebra homework for two hours without being able to answer a single question correctly. d. A mother shows her 8-month-old infant flashcards of words in different languages while she repeats each word on the card.
The running head is ____
a. the title of the research report b. a complete but abbreviated title c. the first two to three words of the title d. the page header
Which of the following is true of PCP's impacts on the nervous system?
A. It excites all impacted receptors. B. It inhibits all impacted receptors. C. It has some excitatory and some inhibitory effects. D. It only acts on dopamine receptors.
Classical conditioning in Aplysia results primarily from a. the release of larger amounts of neurotransmitter by the sensory neuron b. the release of smaller amounts of neurotransmitter by the sensory neuron
c. increased sensitivity of the motor neuron. d. larger numbers of active interneurons.