You just finished a cup of very strong coffee, which causes your body to have a general feeling of arousal. That afternoon you walk past a cemetery where several people are crying at a graveside
According to Schachter, which of the following would most likely occur?
a. Your emotion would be happy in spite of the scene at the graveside.
b. You would work very hard to control your emotion.
c. Your emotion would be sad since the context would affect your labeling.
d. Your emotional state would be impossible to predict.
e. Your emotion would be happy because arousal is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system, and that only activates in response to positive emotions.
c. Your emotion would be sad since the context would affect your labeling.
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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a. three types of color receptors corresponding to three primary colors. b. separate receptors for each wavelength in the visual spectrum. c. one type of receptor that responded to all of the wavelengths in the visual spectrum. d. receptors that process pairs of opposing colors.
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A) frustration–aggression hypothesis B) common knowledge effect C) bystander intervention theory D) cognitive dissonance theory
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