According to the Research Discussed in Your Textbook,which of the Following

question 121

Multiple Choice

According to the research discussed in your textbook,which of the following is true regarding the effects of perceived threats on aggression?

• A) College students' homicidal fantasies usually do not involve perceived threat.
• B) Teenagers' everyday feelings of anger are often in response to perceived threat.
• C) Perceived threat is largely unrelated to aggression.
• D) African American male teenagers have much lower levels of perceived threat and aggression.

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Definitions:

Sensory Adaptation

Change in the sensitivity of a receptor that usually makes the receptor less sensitive to its stimulus.

Proprioception

The sense of the relative position of one's own parts of the body and strength of effort being employed in movement.

Somatic Sensing

Somatic sensing involves the perception of bodily sensations, including touch, temperature, pain, and proprioception, integral to physical experiences.

Integration

Summing up of excitatory and inhibitory signals by a neuron or by some part of the brain.