If You Are Interested in How Patterns, Beliefs, and Customs

question 58

Multiple Choice

If you are interested in how patterns, beliefs, and customs influence behavior, you are interested in the ________ perspective.

• A) behavioral
• B) sociocultural
• C) psychodynamic
• D) cognitive
• E) evolutionary

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Definitions:

Autonomic Nervous System

A part of the nervous system that controls involuntary functions in the body, such as heart rate, digestion, and respiratory rate.

Somatic Nervous System

Part of the peripheral nervous system associated with the voluntary control of body movements through the action of skeletal muscles.

Sympathetic Nervous System

Part of the autonomic nervous system that prepares the body for rapid responses to stressors, activating the fight-or-flight response.

Somatic

Relating to or affecting the body, especially as distinct from the mind.