You Have Noticed That You Sometimes Have a "Knee Jerk

question 163

Multiple Choice

You have noticed that you sometimes have a "knee jerk" emotional reaction to particular things,even if you try to control your emotions.Given what you have learned so far,what might explain this?

• A) We can't control either emotional or physical reflexes.
• B) Emotion is primarily controlled by the limbic system,which does not include parts of the brain involved with logical thought.
• C) Emotion is primarily controlled by the basal ganglia,which do not communicate with the cerebral cortex.
• D) There is no need to explain this situation.Anyone can control emotional feelings with effort.

Understand the sociopolitical context of early American colonies, including the conflicts and developments in Maryland in the 1640s.

Grasp the religious underpinnings of Puritan beliefs and their views on the Church of England.

Recognize the health and social concerns regarding tobacco in the early English colonies.

Analyze the gender demographics and social structures of early colonial societies.

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Definitions:

Independent Variables

The variable in an experiment that is manipulated or changed to observe its effects on the dependent variable.

Study

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Mode

The value that appears most frequently in a data set.

Mean

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