You and your mother are riding one of the fastest roller coasters in the country. Your interpretation of your adrenaline rush is delight, while your mother interprets her adrenaline rush as fear. Your different interpretations illustrate which theory of emotion?
a. the common sense theory
b. the James-Lange theory
c. Schachter's cognitive theory
d. the Cannon-Bard theory
C
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Your roommate Alex is reading the paper and suddenly exclaims, "See, I knew women weren't as good as men at math. This article says that women score more than 30 points lower than men on the math SAT.". Based on the material in your text, your best response would be:
a. "That can be explained by the fact that more men than women take the test.". b. "The test doesn't really measure the ability to solve math problems, but it does accurately predict performance in college math courses.". c. "Women may score lower, but the test underpredicts their grades in college math courses.". d. "The gender differences are not statistically significant, because the sample size is so large.".
Titchener excluded women from the meetings of the Titchener Experimentalists because women:?
a. ?were not admitted to graduate programs in psychology. b. ?were believed unable to grasp the pure research methods of experimentation. c. ?psychologists were almost exclusively engaged in applied research. d. ?could not be admitted without their husbands, and none had married experimental psychologists. e. ?were too pure to smoke.
Jasmine has been very depressed. Her therapist utilizes aspects of mastery training to help her to overcome her learned helplessness. Jasmine's therapist is most likely a __________ therapist
a. psychoanalytic b. behavioral c. cognitive d. humanistic
John, who is right-handed, is studying a reproduction of the Mona Lisa very intently, without moving his eyes. It is likely that his interpretation of Mona Lisa's emotional expression will be most influenced by a. her eyes
b. the left half of her face. c. the right half of her face. d. the lower half of her face.