Walter Cannon's Description of the Body's Reaction to Emergencies Has

question 84

Multiple Choice

Walter Cannon's description of the body's reaction to emergencies has been called the

• A) parasympathetic response.
• B) fight or flight response.
• C) general adaptation syndrome.
• D) cognitive appraisal approach.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

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Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

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