You make a wrong turn off the highway and find yourself in an unfamiliar town. You spot a group of men breaking windows with baseball bats. They see you and begin running toward you. Which part of your nervous system will be activated at this point?

a) sympathetic component of the central nervous system
b) sympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system
c) parasympathetic component of the somatic nervous system
d) parasympathetic component of the autonomic nervous system

ANS: b

Psychology

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