You and a friend are studying psychology at the dining room table when you hear something stirring underneath it. You lean over to investigate, and a rat scurries across the floor. Which nervous system kicks into gear in both you and your friend?
a. the afferent nervous system c. the sympathetic nervous system
b. the parasympathetic nervous system d. the central nervous system
C
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a. advising b. evaluating c. analyzing d. questioning
A group of researchers wanted to determine whether children behave more aggressively after watching violent television programming. Half the children in the study watch a violent television show; the other children watch a nonviolent television program. In this study, the control group is:
a. the children who watch the violent show b. the children who watch the nonviolent program c. the children who behave the most aggressively at the end of the study d. all the children who take part in the study