a-Nehisi was walking back to his dorm after studying until midnight. When a car slowed down and began to trail him, he began to
feel fear. He broke into a sweat and began to breath faster. His heart began to pound. He quickened his pace and thought of a different, safer route home. According to Dr Gewirtz's definition, in this incident, the autonomic aspect of Ta-Nehisi's emotional response was?
The correct answer is; sweating, shortness of breath and his pounding heart.
Further Explanation:
When Ta-Nehisi was walking back and the car slowed down and followed him he then started feeling his nervous system going into overdrive and felt fear. His autonomic aspect to his emotional response was the shortness of breath, sweating and the pounding of his heart.
When someone gets scared they can exhibit physical responses such as the signs listed above. In extreme cases, the person can faint or blackout from the fear.
This system works without the person being conscious of the fact or effort. There are approximately two kinds of this system in the body they are;
