Question

Hypodermic needles frighten Janice. As she awaits a flu shot, Janice's _____ nervous system is probably going into overdrive as she is imagining with terror what the injection is going to feel like.

a. somatic
b. parasympathetic
c. sympathetic
d. afferent

Answer 1

Sympathetic.

Step-by-step explanation:

Her system, due to sympathetic factors like the fight or flight response, is imagining with terror how the injection is going to feel like. It's activation, known as the fight or flight response, is a stressful situation in which, ironically, Janice hasn't even been injected yet.