Why are emotions important to adolescents?
What will be an ideal response?
Emotions prepare adolescents for action by linking events that occur with emotional responses. Emotions prepare
adolescents for the future by shaping upcoming behavior. Finally, emotions help adolescents to interact more
effectively with other people in their lives.
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"Social brain theory" states that ____
a. the human brain evolved to enable humans to have rich, complex social lives b. the human brain evolved to allow humans to develop language c. humans are born with access to a "collective unconscious" (certain types of cumulative social knowledge) d. unlike to the left and right hemispheres in the brains of other animals, the two hemispheres in the human brain are much more "social" (communicative) with one another
Freud called the reduction in anxiety by converting unconscious conflicts into physical symptoms a. primary narcissism
b. secondary narcissism. c. primary gain. d. secondary gain.
If you do something contrary to your beliefs or attitudes, you will experience the MOST cognitive dissonance when the amount of reward or justification for your actions is
a. high. b. low. c. delayed. d. explained.
Early philosophers suggested that human personality is based on:
a. the sense of being able to achieve goals. b. early relationships with the mother. c. the mixes of four basic body fluids. d. a person's subjective sense of self and free will.