Your instructor announces a "pop" test. You have not read the
chapter yet. Your heart and breathing rate increases, and your mouth becomes dry. Which nervous system was responsible for this reaction?
a. sympathetic
b. parasympathetic
c. somatic
d. central
ANSWER: a
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a. confounding variable; manipulated variable b. dependent variable; independent variable c. independent variable; dependent variable d. experimental variable; control variable
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a. reactivity b. cognitive functioning c. socialization d. temperament