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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