Aaron flexes his muscles as he shoots a basketball into the goal. His voluntary use of his muscles is controlled by which nervous system?

a. sympathetic
b. autonomic
c. somatic
d. parasympathetic


ANSWER: c

Psychology

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a. It lowers experiences of pain and discomfort. b. It lowers experiences of pain and discomfort in teens only. c. It increased experiences of pain and discomfort. d. It does not affect the brain regarding the experiences of pain and discomfort.

Psychology

__________ are arbitrary standards of behavior agreed to by a cultural group to facilitate interactions within the group

a. Personal moral codes c. Stages of moral reasoning b. Social conventions d. Immanent justices

Psychology

Which of the following is one reason why living in poverty is stressful?

A. lack of meaningfulness of work B. too many hours of unpleasant shift work C. increased rates of disabilities due to poor prenatal care D. difficulty assimilating to the majority culture's ways

Psychology

A person's height is often considered an interval variable. However, because in practice height is measured with some instrument, it might only be possible to measure someone to the closest centimetre. Thus, even if height theoretically could be conceived of as a continuous variable, in practice it is a(n) ____________ variable.

a. Still continuous b. Discrete c. Contiguous d. Indiscrete

Psychology