Betzy is a marketing manager and recently started a new job. While she loves her work, she finds the endless social events exhausting. Even though she eats at nice restaurants and meets interesting people, she would prefer to be at home reading a good book. One night, at a particularly loud event, Betzy was found “hiding” in the restroom in an effort to escape the chaos. Eysenck would describe Betzy’s reticulated activation system as:
a) Overactive
b) Underactive
c) Neither underactive nor overactive
d) Overactive when quiet and still, and underactive when aroused
a) Overactive
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