Your Professor Poses a Question to Your Class About Information

question 126

Multiple Choice

Your professor poses a question to your class about information in your assigned reading. Although you think you might know the answer, you don't raise your hand to answer because you're afraid that if you're wrong, the other students might laugh at you. You are experiencing which barrier to problem solving?

• A)cultural
• B)learned
• C)perceptual
• D)emotional

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Definitions:

Motor Neurons

Nerve cells responsible for converting signals from the brain or spinal cord to action by muscles or glands.

Somatic Nervous System

A part of the peripheral nervous system that controls voluntary movements of the body through the control of muscles.

Voluntary Muscles

Muscles that can be consciously controlled, such as those involved in moving arms or legs.

Autonomic

Pertaining to the autonomic nervous system, which controls involuntary bodily functions such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.