You Are a Good School Teacher and Are Instructing Your

question 149

Multiple Choice

You are a good school teacher and are instructing your class when you spy the principal standing outside the door watching you.According to social facilitation theory, you are likely to

• A)improve your teaching performance.
• B)decrease in your teaching performance.
• C)not change your teaching performance.
• D)become indigent that the principal would just stand silently outside the door rather than coming in to the classroom and making his or her presence known.

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Definitions:

Neurotransmitters

Chemical messengers that transmit signals across a chemical synapse, from one neuron (nerve cell) to another target neuron, muscle cell, or gland cell.

Medulla

The lower part of the brainstem, controlling essential life-sustaining functions such as breathing, heart rate, and blood pressure.

Central Nervous System

The segment of the nervous system that includes the brain and spinal cord, tasked with processing sensory data and generating appropriate responses.

Peripheral Nervous System

The part of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord, including the nerves and ganglia.