Which of the following most accurately describes emotional arousal?
A) Emotions prepare the body to fight or flee.
B) Emotions are voluntary reactions to emotion-arousing stimuli.
C) Because all emotions have the same physiological basis, emotions are primarily psychological events.
D) Emotional arousal is always accompanied by cognition.
Answer: A) Emotions prepare the body to fight or flee.
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by the ____ model of helping. a. negative state relief b. empathy-altruism c. equity maintaining d. justice
Which of the following would not qualify as a teratogen?
a. Cigarette smoke b. Alcohol c. Prescription drug d. All of the above are possible teratogens.
Proactive interference as used in the study of memory refers to when
a. older information already in memory interferes with the retrieval of newer information. b. newer information interferes with the retrieval of older information. c. information is not attended to and fails to be encoded. d. information that is not accessed decays from the storage system over time. e. older information becomes distorted over time and is retrieved incorrectly.
Removing a desirable stimulus or presenting an unpleasant one to decrease the occurrence of a response is called
A) habituation. B) reinforcement. C) recovery. D) punishment.