Sarah was driving home after a particularly difficult day at work when someone cut her off and almost caused her to wreck her car. Still shaken from her near miss,
she arrived home to find that her spouse had not yet started dinner, as he had promised to do. Sarah angrily accused him of being "a lazy bum" and started an argument with him. This situation can best be explained by ________.
A) the frustration-aggression hypothesis
B) a hostile attributional bias
C) the excitation transfer theory
D) the provocation theory
E) the catharsis hypothesis
Answer: C
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a. was deviant from the norm. b. caused difficulty for individuals who worked with her. c. caused her significant personal distress. d. resulted in failing grades in school.
For most cases of hypertension, the cause is ____
a. easily determined b. not known c. determined by a blood test d. not associated with stress
Motive states such as hunger, thirst, aggression, and sexual behavior are perhaps best viewed from a _____ perspective
a. physiological b. humanistic c. group d. experiential
The ability to experience ________, the feeling of emotional closeness and interconnectedness with another person, develops during adolescence because of the cognitive, social, and physical advances that occur during that period
A) empathy B) intimacy C) interpersonality D) attachment