Why have psychological researchers made slower progress in understanding emotion than in sensation, learning, and memory?
a. Emotion is unrelated to brain activity
b. Emotions do not occur frequently during the day.
c. Psychologists have less interest in emotion.
d. Emotion is difficult to measure.
d
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A) grossly disorganized behaviour. B) negative symptoms of schizophrenia. C) disorganized speech. D) a catatonic stupor.
Regarding emotional intelligence skills, which of the following statements is FALSE?
a. Emotional intelligence involves an ability to manage your own emotions and those of others. b. Those who are more self-aware are keenly sensitive to their own feelings. c. Emotionally intelligent people treat negative emotions as unwelcome misery and try to suppress them as quickly as possible. d. If you can remember how you reacted emotionally in the past, it can help you react better to new situations.
Attribution theory examines ________
a. the explanations people make about the causes of their own behaviors and the behaviors of others. b. the psychological traits or "attributes" that a person possesses. c. the way in which attitudes affect our behavior. d. the tension caused by holding two cognitions that are psychologically inconsistent.
The boys in Ms. Jones' third grade class were lined up
according to height and were then weighed in this order beginning with the shortest. Each succeeding boy was found to weigh more than the preceding one. These data were plotted on a graph with weight on the horizontal axis and height on the vertical axis and revealed a a. zero correlation. b. positive correlation. c. negative correlation. d. horizontal line.