Many people believe that having a good crying episode is an
effective way to vent negative emotions, such as anger or sadness, and that such spells are healthy. What does the research of Rottenberg, Bylsma, and Vingerhoets (2008) say about this belief?
A) The research found that crying tends to increase distress and arousal in most people.
B) The research found that crying actually led to anger in more than 80 percent of those who were polled.
C) It found support for this belief by showing reduced physiological markers of tension, apprehension, and anxiety after a "good cry."
D) It found mixed results, with a few of the participants reporting crying to be very unpleasant, but most reporting it to be a relaxing event.
Answer: A
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A. block the receptor sites of dopamine B. mimic dopamine C. decrease the release of dopamine D. increase the release of dopamine
Which of the following is an explanation that personality researchers from the biological approach give for aggressive behavior?
A. The inheritance of a proclivity to be aggressive. B. An adaptive mechanism according to evolutionary theory. C. Levels of neurotransmitters in the brain. D. All of the above
Ron is an avid reader. He has a large vocabulary because every time he comes across a word he doesn't know, he looks it up in the dictionary. Ron encounters "wanderlust" in a novel, reaches for the dictionary, and finds out this word means "desire to travel." The process of looking up unfamiliar words increases Ron's
a. lexicon. b. parser. c. syntactical capacity. d. mental set.
The cognitive approach focuses on how information is stored, learned, and remembered
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