The heavy footsteps on the stairs get closer and closer. Slowly, the door to the bedroom creaks open. As a strange man with a knife in his hand lunges in, you let out an ear piercing scream
Which of the following most accurately describes your nervous
system at this point?
a. Your sympathetic nervous system is more active than your parasympathetic nervous
system.
b. Your parasympathetic nervous system is more active than your sympathetic nervous
system.
c. Both your sympathetic and your parasympathetic nervous systems are extremely
active.
d. Neither your sympathetic nor your parasympathetic nervous systems are unusually
active
a
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According to the principles of classical conditioning, she is screaming and crying because she: is trying to use negative reinforcement to discourage her parents from taking her to the doctor. has learned to associate the car ride with the pain she feels when she gets a shot. is angry at the doctor and her mother for giving her shots. has learned to associate the building with the pain she feels when she gets a shot.
Group discussion tends to move people to believe more strongly in the position that they first held. This is called ________
a) "risky shift" b) deindividuation c) group polarization d) groupthink