According to the __________ theory of aging, elderly people gradually and willingly withdraw themselves from society as they approach the end of their lives

Auditory or visual information that people do not pay attention to

a. cannot affect behavior. b. usually does not enter consciousness. c. does not affect verbal processing. d. normally produces only episodic memories. e. is easily encoded from sensory memory into short-term memory.

During the alarm stage of the general adaptation syndrome, __________

a) the central and somatic systems are activated. b) synaptic activity and the somatic nervous system activate to send messages from the CNS to muscles. c) the hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary gland, which then tells the adrenal glands to release hormones. d) the amygdala sends messages across the reticular activating system that cause a release of hormones.