In a normal birth, the action to trigger labor is initiated by

Which of the following defense mechanisms is a threatening or an unacceptable impulse channeled or redirected from its original source to a nonthreatening target?

A. Projection B. Repression C. Sublimation D. Displacement

Loud noises, such as his clock's alarm, cause Alvaro to startle into a state of high awareness. Just before the alarm goes off, the clock makes a light clicking noise, which initially Alvaro didn't even notice. Now that he has had the clock for some time, Alvaro has found that he startles into wakefulness when the clock makes the clicking noise, before the alarm even goes off. In this example, the unconditioned response is _____.

a. the alarm b. the clicking noise c. being startled into a high state of awareness d. turning the alarm off