Barbara Is Basically a Shy Person Who Avoids Conflict

question 28

Multiple Choice

Barbara is basically a shy person who avoids conflict. When someone tried to carjack her, she fought back hitting and pushing her car door open onto her assailant until she was able to speed away. Theorists would say that this departure from her normal personality is due to________.

• A) interactionism
• B) situationism
• C) parasympathetic nervous system response
• D) autonomic nervous system response

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Definitions:

Muscle Weakness

A decrease in the strength of one or more muscles, which can result from a variety of conditions, including neurological disorder, muscular disease, or physical injury.

Synapse

The junction between neurons where chemical signals are transmitted across the gap from one neuron to another.

Sending Neuron

The neuron that transmits a nerve impulse across a synapse to a receiving neuron by releasing neurotransmitters.

Receiving Neuron

A neuron that receives signals from other neurons at a synapse.