Certain Drugs Suppress the Activity of the Sympathetic Nervous System,the

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Multiple Choice

Certain drugs suppress the activity of the sympathetic nervous system,the branch of the autonomic nervous system associated with increases in heart rate,respiration,and adrenaline release.If a drug could block this system altogether,William James would predict that:

• A)emotions could not be experienced.
• B)negative-valence emotions could not be experienced.
• C)high-arousal emotions could not be experienced.
• D)the physiological changes accompanying the experienced emotion might be missing.

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