Regarding the Workings of Your Nervous Systems, Which of the Following

question 43

Multiple Choice

Regarding the workings of your nervous systems, which of the following statements is FALSE?

• A) The autonomic nervous system and the somatic nervous system work together to coordinate the body's internal reactions to events in the outside world.
• B) The two branches of the autonomic nervous system are always active.
• C) The somatic nervous system is made up of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches.
• D) The combined action of the sympathetic and parasympathetic branches determines if your body is more or less relaxed or aroused.

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Definitions:

Test Statistic

A calculated value from sample data that is used in a hypothesis test to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

Level of Significance

A criterion for judging the strength of evidence provided by the data against the null hypothesis, often denoted by alpha.

Significance Level

The probability of rejecting the null hypothesis in a statistical test when it is actually true, used to assess the evidence against the null hypothesis.

Type I Error

The error that occurs in hypothesis testing when a true null hypothesis is incorrectly rejected, often referred to as a "false positive."