Question

The branch of the autonomic nervous system that is activated when a person is exposed to a stressor is the _______________ nervous system. central

Answer 1

The correct answer is sympathetic.
Along with the enteric and the parasympathetic nervous systems, it completes the autonomic nervous system of humans. This part of the brain is responsible for 'fight or flight' situations, meaning that if a stressor influences us, the sympathetic nervous system will decide what our course of action is going to be.