When He Got Home from Work Yesterday, Jason's Wife Told

question 152

Multiple Choice

When he got home from work yesterday, Jason's wife told him that she was pregnant with their third child. Despite the fact that they had not planned to have an additional child, Jason was very happy at the unexpected news and he and his wife enjoyed the rest of the day sharing the news with family and friends. According to Jeffrey Gray, which of the following systems was triggered when Jason got this unexpected news?

• A) the corticular hormone system
• B) the behavioral inhibition system
• C) the thalamic-pituitary-adrenal system
• D) the behavioral activation system

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Definitions:

Spinal Cord

A long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue that extends from the brainstem to the lower back, serving as the main pathway for information connecting the brain and peripheral nervous system.

Myelinated Axons

Axons that are covered by a fatty substance called myelin, which insulates and increases the speed at which electrical impulses propagate along the nerve cell.

Unmyelinated Axons

Nerve fibers that lack a myelin sheath, resulting in slower signal transmission compared to myelinated axons.

Cell Bodies

The central part of a neuron that contains the nucleus and most of the cytoplasm and is essential for processing and transmitting nerve signals.