Your instructor announces a "pop" test. You have not read the
chapter yet. Your heart and breathing rate increases, and your mouth becomes dry. Which nervous system was responsible for this reaction?
a. sympathetic
b. parasympathetic
c. somatic
d. central
ANSWER: a
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a. "What makes you think that life should be fair?" b. "It is not rational for you to think that you can do everything well.". c. "It is rational that you are still angry at people who let you down in the past.". d. "Is it really terrible that things aren't working out as you would like? Or is it just inconvenient?"
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Meta-analytic research into the impact of mirror functioning on autism spectrum disorder has found that it is
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