Question

Ta-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?

Answer 1

Answer: sweating, shortness of breath and his pounding heart

Explanation: The emotional response to fear refers to changes exhibited by an individual when faced with apprehensive circumstances or condition. Some changes may occur naturally in an individual's body system in response to the fear regime which such person is encountering. These changes in in the human body system cannot be triggered manually. In the context above, the automatic aspect of Ta-Nehisi's emotional response include sweating, shortness of breath and heart pounding.

Answer 2

Answer:

c. sweating, shortness of breath and his pounding heart.

Explanation:

According to Dr Gewirtz's definition, in this incident, the autonomic aspect of Ta-Nehisi's emotional response was sweating, shortness of breath and his pounding heart.