The branch of the autonomic nervous system that restores the body to normal functioning after arousal and is responsible for day-to-day functioning of the organs and glands is called the
a. spinal cord.
b. somatic nervous system.
c. sympathetic nervous system.
d. parasympathetic nervous system.
e. idiopathic nervous system.
d. parasympathetic nervous system.
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According to Schachter and Singer's theory, what does your sympathetic nervous system arousal determine?
a. Which emotion you feel b. The action that your emotion stimulates c. The appraisal related to your emotion d. The intensity of your emotion
The heritability of a trait refers to
a. how many genes are involved in its heredity. b. the extent to which variability among people on the trait is explained by genetic factors. c. the percentage of genes involved in its heredity. d. the percentage of people who show an inheritance for the trait. e. the extent to which similarity among people on the traits is explained by environmental factors.
Belle is excited when she receives a telephone call from her grandmother on her birthday. When Belle's grandmother asks Belle how old she is, Belle holds up three fingers in front of the phone. Belle's belief that because she can see her fingers, so can her grandmother, reflects the Piagetian concept of
a. centration. b. egocentrism. c. animism. d. formal thought.
Aversion therapy has been used to successfully treat all of the following EXCEPT
a. smoking. b. phobias. c. sneezing. d. compulsive hair-pulling.