According to the text, emotions do all of the following on a consistent basis EXCEPT ____

a. increase helping behavior
b. help people learn from their mistakes
c. influence thinking and actions
d. promote communication


A

Psychology

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a. maintenance rehearsal strategy b. encoding specificity technique c. interview strategy d. elaborative rehearsal strategy

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b. Kohlberg would argue that the act of theft is not in and of itself immoral, depending on the rationale for the theft. c. Kohlberg would have expected the theft if the child were Valjean's but not if the child belonged to someone else. d. Kohlberg would have expected the theft but only if Valjean were operating at the lowest level of moral reasoning.

Psychology

If matching is used as an experimental procedure, then the:

a. matching variable is analyzed. b. matching variable is not analyzed. c. procedure is called a randomized block design. d. matching variable is analyzed and the procedure is called a randomized block design.

Psychology