Your Mother Would Find It Very Stressful to Listen to Five

question 164

Multiple Choice

Your mother would find it very stressful to listen to five of her son's hip-hop CDs in a row, while the son would find it stressful to listen to his mother's opera CDs.Thus, to know if a person is stressed, you must know

• A) whether the somatic nervous system is involved.
• B) what meaning the person places on events.
• C) how the limbic system interprets the situation.
• D) whether the person has a Type A or Type B personality.

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