When walking home alone late one night, you are startled by a moving shadow that you glimpse out of the corner of your eye. The _____ division of the autonomic nervous system mobilizes your body's defenses. When you see that the shadow is just the neighbor's cat, the _____ division lessens your physiological arousal.

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The sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system mobilizes the body's defenses in response to perceived threat or danger, while the parasympathetic division lessens physiological arousal when the danger has passed or is no longer perceived. Therefore, option A is the correct choice.

When Walking Home Alone Late One Night, You Are Startled