Explain the significance of Hohman's (1966) study of spinal cord damage for study of emotion.
What will be an ideal response?
A key piece of support for James-Lange theory comes from Hohman (1966), who assessed the impact of spinal cord injury on emotional experience: the higher the level of the damage, the greater the interruption of sensory information to the brain and the greater the decrease in the intensity of experienced emotion.
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a. ?alarm reaction b. ?exhaustion c. ?resistance d. ?stress reaction
Dr. Kelly was interested in examining the effects of high and low quality after-school programs on children's social competence. Since the children were already attending their respective programs when the project began, Dr. Kelly had to take advantage of the natural separation of the participants into different groups and conduct a
a. quasi-experiment. c. naturalistic observation. b. meta-analysis. d. structured observation.
Having fluid intelligence makes it easier to attain crystallized intelligence.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Jimmysays that it is wrong to steal because it will make people feel bad and we should be
nice. Which of Kohlberg's stages does this reasoning most likely fall into? A) Stage 5: individual rights B) Stage 2: instrumental purpose and exchange C) Stage 3: conformity D) Stage 1: obedience and punishment