The Part of the Autonomic Nervous System That Is Responsible

question 236

Multiple Choice

The part of the autonomic nervous system that is responsible for reacting to stressful events and bodily arousal is called the __________ nervous system.

• A) central
• B) somatic
• C) sympathetic
• D) parasympathetic

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Definitions:

Token Economy

A controlled environment in which people are reinforced for desired behaviors with tokens (such as poker chips) that may be exchanged for privileges.

Gold Stars

Symbolic markers of achievement or recognition, often used in educational settings to motivate or reward.

Reward System

A group of neural structures responsible for incentive salience (i.e., motivation and desire), associative learning (primarily positive reinforcement and classical conditioning), and positively-valenced emotions, particularly those involved in reward-associated memory.

Psychodynamic Theory

Sigmund Freud’s perspective, which emphasizes the importance of unconscious motives and conflicts as forces that determine behavior.